Garage Door Opener Sprocket Not Turning

Make basic checks first.

Garage door opener sprocket not turning.

Ensure that the unit is plugged in the door isn t locked and if you are using a remote that the remote has batteries. Trying to turn the sprocket directly can be difficult if the gearing system uses all normal straight gears. 60 minutes or less. You need to hold down the button for garage door opener on the overhead pannel until the corresponding indicator light starts.

This excess tension causes the gear that moves the chain to grind down. First park you sequoia in front of the garage door you want to sync. This repair guide and video show step by step how to replace the drive and worm gears in a chain drive garage door opener. If the chain was installed too tightly on the garage door opener it can make opening the door more difficult for the automatic opener.

Turn them to clockwise to max and try again. 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. 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. 3 if the chain still doesn t move check the force settings on the motor head.

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. Inside the garage door opener there is going to be a gear reduction system to adapt the motor speed to the chain sprocket speed.