My Garage Door Won T Open But The Motor Runs

Broken springs are the most common issue at hand whenever a service person is called to a residence to repair a garage door.

My garage door won t open but the motor runs.

Terry on march 10 2017. How to open a garage door with a broken spring. My garage door won t open or close the motor runs and the shaft turns bur doesn t engage the chain. If the motor hums but the chain doesn t move that indicates a problem with the motor.

Contact us for garage door spring repair. Instead you ll need to investigate the garage door opener. This can happen if a track is accidentally struck by a heavy object and bent outward. This had the effect that the metal hook is now almost at the motor and when i manually open the garage the plastic catch does not reach the metal hook to fit it in place.

Press the remote or the wall mounted start switch listen to the motor and watch the movement of the chain. So i just closed the garage with the chain disengaged. My wife pushed the door opener a few more times but the door wouldn t move despite the motor responding. My garage door remote works great until glad comes on after the light times out it works again please advise me what to do thanks.

This repair guide and video show step by step how to replace the drive and worm gears in a chain drive garage door opener. Broken garage door torsion or extension springs. It opens and closes manually. When a roller on the garage door comes off one of the side tracks the opener won t be able to lift the door.

If the door won t open then it s the door itself which is causing the problem. I pulled the release on the door and opened it all the way. Home owners say that they can hear the motor running but the opener simply will not operate the door. If the garage door is not opening but the motor is running the problem might rest on the springs in your garage door assembly.

If your chain drive garage door opener motor runs but the garage door won t move the drive and worm gears might be stripped or worn. There are a number of possible causes. If it is the door there are several reasons why it won t open. I realized parking the car in the garage would be a hassle since i would have the open the door manually again.