Adjust Garage Door Safety Reverse

Adjust the garage door opener mechanism.

Adjust garage door safety reverse.

Because most pre 1982 garage door openers do not comply with current safety standards the consumer product safety commission cpsc recommends replacement with an opener that has an auto. If you ve tested your garage door opener s auto reverse and found it requires too much force for the door to reverse or it doesn t reverse at all you can adjust the settings on the garage door opener controls. Step 1 adjust the limit. If it fails it is because the garage door opener does not consider that the obstacle requires too much force to close.

To open the door completely adjust garage door opener by turning the limit counterclockwise. If the cardboard tube in the middle of the full roll of paper towels bends then too much force is being used to reverse the door. Whenever adjustments are made make sure to test the protector system as well as the safety reversal system. Therefore some pre 1982 garage door openers may have been manufactured with other safety features which may stop the door but not cause it to reverse.

When your garage door opener isn t working properly there are several components you can adjust to address the issue. Garage door openers are designed to reverse direction when a descending garage door meets an obstruction. Turn the adjustment screw on the limit clockwise if the door doesn t fully close. If your door does not reverse readily after contacting an obstruction the opener s sensitivity adjustment may be set improperly.

One quick test is to place a 2 4 on the floor of the garage in the door s path. To access the controls use a stepladder to reach the main part of the opener s motor. This can create a dangerous situation. The safety reverse test is based on how much effort the motor that moves the door needs to apply to open or close it.

On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor.