Garage Door Opener Sprocket Not Turning

If the gear becomes too worn it will no longer be able to move the chain.

Garage door opener sprocket not turning.

3 if the chain still doesn t move check the force settings on the motor head. This repair guide and video show step by step how to replace the drive and worm gears in a chain drive garage door opener. This excess tension causes the gear that moves the chain to grind down. Trying to turn the sprocket directly can be difficult if the gearing system uses all normal straight gears.

If the chain was installed too tightly on the garage door opener it can make opening the door more difficult for the automatic opener. This speed reduction system also increases the motor torque at the sprocket so that a relatively small motor can easily pull the chain and move the garage door up and down. If this fixes the problem then oil the door and turn the screws back down until it no longer opens and closes and then turn 1 8th back up. You need to hold down the button for garage door opener on the overhead pannel until the corresponding indicator light starts.

60 minutes or less. Check the breaker controlling the door opener and. Inside the garage door opener there is going to be a gear reduction system to adapt the motor speed to the chain sprocket speed. 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.

Make basic checks first. Turn them to clockwise to max and try again.