Trouble With Garage Door Binding And Reversing

Watch our safety sensor troubleshoot video to determine whether the sensors work.

Trouble with garage door binding and reversing.

Disconnect the garage door opener from the door and go through the troubleshooting routine on the garage door repair page. 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. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature. Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a.

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

Replace them if they re broken. You push the button to close the garage door. Requiring garage door operators to be equipped with a secondary reversing system which most operators have in the form of photo eyes. 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.

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