Step 3 disassembling the garage opener.
How to shorten a garage door opener chain.
Genie garage door openers are known for their dependability but if your system doesn t seem to be working quite right you can adjust the open and close limit and force settings to have it working again in just minutes.
Like belt drive openers raynor chain drive opener models are offered with 1 2 hp to 3 4 hp motors providing sufficient power for all of our residential garage doors.
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Then remove the old genie.
This garage door opener works by moving gears and metal parts together.
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Close the garage door.
Both adjustment types should be done with the door closed and disconnected from the opener using the emergency release.
It uses a chain running assembly unit attached to tension springs that lift the garage door up and down.
Cut the rail down 6 1 2 and then cut the chain down 13.
There are only a few ways that the chain can be tightened.
Locate the lower cover of the garage door and use the screwdriver to open it.
Like a chain drive the belt drive operates by moving the rubber belt.
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This is where you will be working on in the next step.
The chain got loose and popped off the gear.
Documenting how i repaired the garage door.
Once you have it at a length that suits your garage door install the new garage door opener chain drive.
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Work from a stepladder and unplug the power cord for the opener from the electrical outlet at the ceiling.
Belt drive garage openers use a rubber belt to open the garage door.
Chain adjusts by shortening the chain itself.
Once you have access to the inner components of the garage door opener locate the master link the point where the chain forms a junction with the cable.