How To Shorten A Garage Door Opener Chain

Belt drive garage openers use a rubber belt to open the garage door.

How to shorten a garage door opener chain.

Locate the lower cover of the garage door and use the screwdriver to open it. There may be an adjustment linked to the chain or an adjustment to the length of the door opener track. Both adjustment types should be done with the door closed and disconnected from the opener using the emergency release. Once you have it at a length that suits your garage door install the new garage door opener chain drive.

Like a chain drive the belt drive operates by moving the rubber belt. 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. Quick comparis0n raynor garage door openers ready for a new opener. Chain adjusts by shortening the chain itself.

Step 3 disassembling the garage opener. I am not a professional. This is where you will be working on in the next step. Documenting how i repaired the garage door.

Download raynor residential garage door opener models specs guide here. There are only a few ways that the chain can be tightened. Since then genie has worked hard to make their radio controlled residential garage door openers a household name. The chain got loose and popped off the gear.

Close the garage door. This garage door opener works by moving gears and metal parts together. It uses a chain running assembly unit attached to tension springs that lift the garage door up and down. 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.

Then remove the old genie. Cut down the opener rail and the drive chain by about 6 1 2. Work from a stepladder and unplug the power cord for the opener from the electrical outlet at the ceiling.