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Garage door problem

Your 'close force' is pretty much at minimum - I'd try dialling it up a bit.

I had a similar problem with my father-in-laws door; it would close about 6" then reverse... Near as I could tell, there was nothing wrong; the rolling resistance of the door was just right at the threshold the opener was set to, and over time, got slightly harder to close (bearing or spring wear) and was tripping the safety... I turned it up a bit, and it started behaving normally again.

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Mine does this in the evening at sunset. The sun shines at just the right angle to mess up the photo eye.
It's a Crapsman 1/2 HP too.
It's very annoying when it stops and does the stupid "clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky" routine.

If you hold the hardwired button down, it forces it to close.
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Thanks All.

LazMan - I will try it in the morning. May be it was the sun light as nunya said. If it does not work then I will try to increase the 'close force' by one notch.

psafux - There is nothing obstructing the eyes. I tried to clean them up and both lights for the sender and the receiver are lit. So I dont think that is the issue.

nunya - Crapsman lol. Sorry but what is the hardwired button and where it is located?

BTW, I did put WD40 all over the assembly and everywhere in an attempt to reduce the noise down during operation. Later I found out that it was not a good idea to do it. It was not me guys, it was a buddy of mine who suggested this to me. And guess what, I called him up when this happened and he is also having some type of problem with his door. And we both put WD40 on our door around the same time.

I wonder if this has to do anything with this.

I will find out more about his and will keep you posted.

The hardwired button is the button on the wall in the garage that has a physical wire running to the opener.

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The next time you lubricate. Use lithium grease not wd 40.

Also it would behove you to put some oil (not wd40) on your spring.

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said by mityfowl:

The next time you lubricate. Use lithium grease not wd 40.

Also it would behove you to put some oil (not wd40) on your spring.

Or they can use GDL Spray.

Blaster 9.3 oz Garage Door Lubricant
»www.homedepot.com/p/Blaster-9-3-···02532761


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Don't bother greasing the track rails, all you need to do is lubricate the roller axle bearings. Over time dust and whatnot will accumulate and gum up the tracks.
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My guess is that from what you are describing it is a down force issue. If it's moving, even just a little bit, then the eyes are probably clear. For a test, you should block the eyes and verify that the indicator on at least one of them is not lit up. Try putting the door down. It should instantly click and blink with no door movement.

Increasing the force required to auto-stop the door from closing will very likely fix your problem. What I'd do is take a look at what it's set at now, make a note of it and then crank it up to maximum. Try putting down the door. If it works fine, then that indeed is your problem. Reset the force to one level higher than what it was originally set at and try again. Keep bumping it up one level until the issue is fixed.

EDIT: Yeah, this has happened to me with the same model of door opener. I verified the opening chain (now belt) and tracks were in proper operating condition (as it sounds like you've done) and a slight bump-up in force close took care of my problem.

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oh wow.

I just tried the garage door several times and it worked fine.

So was it not working because of the nunya's sun light theory? I did not change any settings. damn.

But I have lived in this house for 3 years and was it just the coincidence that I never operated that door exactly at the time when sun is shining at the eyes? who knows?

If it happens again then I will play with the force setting as others suggested.

I have nunya's sun problem sometimes during the year. I solved the problem by taking some cardboard and making a sleeve to shade the lens of the sensor from the sun. Not particularly elegant, but it beats the heck out of trying to rotate the house 30 to 45 degrees.

I did the same cardboard trick. I still have the problem sometimes during the year. I may have addressed it once by swapping the two sensors. I think one transmits and one receives.
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I did the "cardboard trick" too. It helps, but it's still not 100%.

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I set mine with a laser level. Still does it. I think it's just "one of those things" that you laugh at and live with.
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