Garage Door Opener Stuck In Reverse

Be sure to use clopay s garage door prolube or sillicone based lubricants.

Garage door opener stuck in reverse.

Watch our safety sensor troubleshoot video to determine whether the sensors work. Check out this handy rundown from liftmaster. Poor lubrication is a very common and easy to fix explanation for why you might find your garage door stuck. The lights should be steady and not blinking at all.

For some garage door openers fixing the auto reverse mechanism can be as easy as tightening some screws with a screwdriver. You should properly lubricate your garage door s track the opener chain and the springs every few months as part of regular preventative maintenance. If it still reverses raise the door halfway and stop it. If the threshold is clear the issue could be any number of things in addition to the problems listed above.

If there s anything that s blocking the threshold even slightly your garage door will sense the blockage and reverse the direction to prevent damage or threats to safety. Replace them if they re broken. 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. The most common issue is that the sensors become misaligned usually as a result of being bumped into.

The most common cause of problems with auto reverse however is the set of infrared sensors. Do not use wd 40. If there s anything stuck to the bottom of the door such as a leaf a small piece of paper or any type of.