Garage Door Opener Hums But Does Not Open

If you are able to raise your garage door easily it is not the problem.

Garage door opener hums but does not open.

If the garage door is not opening but the motor is running the problem might rest on the springs in your garage door assembly. This will determine if the issue is connected to the door itself or the opener. This would tell the garage door when it is fully open or fully closed and this should stop the motion of the door. The next step is to attempt to open your garage door manually.

I then ask the customer the approximate age and usage of the garage door. If it is used frequently or is at least five years old odds are that it has a stripped gear kit. Contact us for garage door spring repair. Broken springs are the most common issue at hand whenever a service person is called to a residence to repair a garage door.

The black thing if it is indeed a cam appears to be off center radially. This indicates that something in the opener system has malfunctioned. Detach the opener by pulling the emergency handle downward. The trolley doesn t move and the door does not budge.

When this happens you could get locked out of the garage. A professional garage door technician will be able to tell you whether it is best to replace the opener or repair the old one. Each time we press button to close we get a brief motor hum and then nothing happens. The black cam does not appear to be centered with the bolt in the middle.

The gear kit is made up of two plastic gears that move each other to engage the trolley and get everything moving.