How To Replace A Broken Garage Door Opener

If your garage door is opening slowly or making a lot of noise the problem may not be your opener.

How to replace a broken garage door opener.

Check the metal tracks inside the garage. Sometimes the spring or lifting cables of the garage door may break or snap leaving all the work to the motor and this places more stress on the opener. You ll need to call a pro. Replacing a circuit board sounds like a scary garage door repair but it s really quite easy.

Look at the mounting brackets that hold the tracks to the walls. Working inside the garage with the garage door closed examine the tracks for dents crimps or flat spots. It will take 10 minutes tops and only requires a 1 4 in. Just follow these steps.

The garage door goes hand in hand with the opener and often a broken door opener is an indication that the door itself is faulty. But don t replace the bottom roller bracket yourself the cable attached to it is under extreme tension. Please subscribe to my new channel handy homeowner dedicated to how to videos like this one.