Garage Door Motor Will Not Reverse

September 7 2019 at 6 38 pm.

Garage door motor will not reverse. Craftsman garage door opener does not reverse direction. That is typically the photo eyes at the bottom of the door casing on both sides. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. This is real safety hazard.

Also there are no illuminated lights on the garage door motor. Craftsman 1 2 hp garage door opener model. It went up ok but does not return down. Injuries from garage doors account for about 20 000 er visits every year and 60 children have been killed since 1982 from garage doors that did not auto reverse when met with contact.

Broken springs are the most common issue at hand whenever a service person is called to a residence to repair a garage door. Garage doors may display a variety of symptoms if sensors need attention. Try a length of string and or a level to realign them. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor.

The second line of defense is a set of infrared sensors which should be mounted 4 to 6 above the floor on each side of the garage door frame. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. If the garage door is not opening but the motor is running the problem might rest on the springs in your garage door assembly. In approximately half of my inspections the automatic garage door opener does not auto reverse when met with resistance.

Something is blocking the beam or perhaps they are out of alignment. Press and hold the wall console button until the garage door is completey closed. If any object blocks the path of the infrared sensors the garage door opener will not activate or will reverse if operating. To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor.

If it is simply dislodge it from the bolt and reset limits to stop the trolley before. All lights appear fine. Contact us for garage door spring repair. When opener drive garage door to one end it did not switch the motor to reverse rotation the opener did not drive the other end.

Since the door is stuck open verify that the trolley is not stuck on the bolt located near the motor unit. Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. If you ve tested your garage door opener s auto reverse and found it requires too much force for the door to reverse or it doesn t reverse at all you can adjust the settings on the garage door opener controls. Broken garage door torsion or extension springs.