Garage Door Making A Scraping Sound And Wont Close

The opener motor is fine but the shaft doesn t turn.

Garage door making a scraping sound and wont close. Worn gears inside the garage door opener s motor unit can make grinding or buzzing noises. It would go up maybe a foot then quit. But sloppy hinges make a lot of noise and can cause the door to bind and wear out the tongue and groove joints at the door sections. Some play at the hinge is normal.

If it still makes the same noise then the problem is with your garage door. The door track rollers move each time you open or close the door leading to a lot of movement and causing wear. This wear could damage the roller surface causing them not to roll correctly. Replace the gear and sprocket assembly or the drive and worm gears when they re worn and making noises.

Our garage door opener just began making a loud grinding noise and wouldn t lift the door. If you hear a garage door grinding noise it could be the rollers. According to the website 513 garage door rollers have an average life span of 15 000 cycles and if you open and close the door roughly 7 times a day your rollers will wear out in 7 years which is the same life span for the door s tension springs so both the. Garage door won t close.

In addition there may be a grinding noise when the door is opened and closed. It could then close it when i pressed the button again. Squeaky garage door or garage door grinding sound when opening or closing. Grinding noises can either be caused by the garage door or the opener unit.

First disconnect the opener and open the garage door manually. Mr tims 209 347 views. 1 3 hp duration. Fixing garage doors.

But if you see an oblong hole where the tubular hinge pin mates with the hinge bracket replace the hinge. How i fixed it. Garage door opener will not close. Make sure that you do proper testing to find out what is really wrong with your opener.

I am able to detach the opener and manually lift the door and that sounds normal. I reattached the door.