Trouble With Garage Door Binding And Reversing

In fact you really shouldread the entire garage door repair it will make troubleshooting later much easier.

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. This is a problem that will require you or a service person to replace it. If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch. 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.

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. Disconnect the garage door opener from the door and go through the troubleshooting routine on the garage door repair page. In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor.

Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a. You push the button to close the garage door. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Watch our safety sensor troubleshoot video to determine whether the sensors work.

This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.