Trouble With Garage Door Binding And Reversing

Usually this is a sure sign that there is an issue with the garage door s photo eye system.

Trouble with garage door binding and reversing.

Requiring garage door operators to be equipped with a secondary reversing system which most operators have in the form of photo eyes. Replace them if they re broken. Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a. In fact you really shouldread the entire garage door repair it will make troubleshooting later much easier.

This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. In 1993 a law was passed in the u s. This is a problem that will require you or a service person to replace it. Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor has burned out and isn t operating at all.

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. If the circuit breaker or gfci is tripping repeatedly it s a sign that there is a short circuit somewhere in the system possibly even the garage door opener itself. Watch our safety sensor troubleshoot video to determine whether the sensors work. You push the button to close the garage door.

Disconnect the garage door opener from the door and go through the troubleshooting routine on the garage door repair page.