Garage Door Chain Broke

Documenting how i repaired the garage door.

Garage door chain broke. A broken garage door chain will immediately impact your garage door s operation and render its automatic motorized capability effectively useless. Pull the chain toward the garage door and hold it in position. Garage door opener is very strong and seldom does the chain actually break. If your chain is badly corroded you may need to remove the chain from the carriage assembly and soak it in lubricant for a few hours.

Thread the nut s facing the door clockwise until it meets the bracket then release the chain. When the lift bracket snaps on your garage door it usually damages the area where it once was attached to. Over time the sprocket s teeth can wear and the chain may jump or skip when the opener. The most common cause for the.

Garage door cables appear to be broken when a garage door service company gets a phone call in reference to a broken spring the first thing the homeowner usually says is the cables are broken. Immediate troubleshooting is required and a new garage door chain will need to be installed in place of the old one. Press down on the chain with your finger. If the chain on your garage door is rusty you need to apply lubricant into it to loosen the corrosion.

To do this put some lubricant on a piece of rag this use the rag to wipe the chain. You should have 1 2 inch of play in the chain. It seems like this is a very common problem as thi. I am not a professional.

By william machin chain drive garage door openers have a sprocket that is attached at the top of the motor.