Adjust Garage Door Safety Reverse

If your door does not reverse readily after contacting an obstruction the opener s sensitivity adjustment may be set improperly.

Adjust garage door safety reverse.

Because most pre 1982 garage door openers do not comply with current safety standards the consumer product safety commission cpsc recommends replacement with an opener that has an auto. Whenever adjustments are made make sure to test the protector system as well as the safety reversal system. Turn the adjustment screw on the limit clockwise if the door doesn t fully close. To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor.

One quick test is to place a 2 4 on the floor of the garage in the door s path. Garage door openers are designed to reverse direction when a descending garage door meets an obstruction. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. When your garage door opener isn t working properly there are several components you can adjust to address the issue.

Step 1 adjust the limit. If the door does not properly reverse on striking the 2 4 then the garage door opener should be disengaged until the unit is either adjusted according to the instructions in the owners manual repaired or replaced with a new garage door opener. Place a roll of paper towels in the path of the door and press the button to have the door close. The safety reverse test is based on how much effort the motor that moves the door needs to apply to open or close it.

This can create a dangerous situation. To open the door completely adjust garage door opener by turning the limit counterclockwise. If it fails it is because the garage door opener does not consider that the obstacle requires too much force to close. The limit the force and the safety reverse.

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor.