Adjusting the travel setting on a garage door opener.
Linear garage door opener won t close.
This video is for a linear garage door opener.
The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature.
This will disconnect the garage door from the opener.
For a balanced garage door it should stay in that position without going up or down.
The craftsman garage door opener shown here has two set screws that control door travel.
As with many such problems the most common problem is the simplest one the motor unit has been unplugged.
Now leave the door.
Linear garage door opener not closing.
If your garage door won t close after aligning the safety sensors you might need to replace them.
Adjust the door force.
Door reveres or won t open or close.
The photo eye components consist of two pieces that align face to face across each side of the garage door roughly four feet above the ground.
Unplug the opener and disconnect the two wires from the motor reconnect your machine to power then clear its memory and reprogram all remote controls unplug the device for a second time and reconnect the control wiring to.
If your garage door won t close all the way the problem could be due to a blocked photo eye.
Check for binding or un balanced door.
If motor had thermal shutdown wait 30 minutes and retry.
Align the safety beam.
It s also possible that the circuit breaker fuse or gfci outlet powering the door opener circuit has tripped or burned.
Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor.
Open the garage door manually to about halfway.
Test after each adjustment.
Continue adjusting until the door opens and closes satisfactorily.
Open or close force exceeded or motor thermal shutdown.
Adjust in small increments a half turn or less.
Pull the emergency cord down and towards the garage door opener.