Trouble With Garage Door Binding And Reversing

Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor has burned out and isn t operating at all.

Trouble with garage door binding and reversing. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor. If the circuit breaker or gfci is tripping repeatedly it s a sign that there is a short circuit somewhere in the system possibly even the garage door opener itself. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

Usually this is a sure sign that there is an issue with the garage door s photo eye system. If the garage door only travels down an inch or so before reversing something is probably blocking the beam between the two safety sensors at the bottom of the rails or the sensors aren t aligned. Watch our safety sensor troubleshoot video to determine whether the sensors work. In 1993 a law was passed in the u s.

If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch. Replace them if they re broken. Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a. In fact you really shouldread the entire garage door repair it will make troubleshooting later much easier.

Requiring garage door operators to be equipped with a secondary reversing system which most operators have in the form of photo eyes.