Garage Door Opener Motor Is Weak

This is related to the up limit switch.

Garage door opener motor is weak.

Diagnosing and repairing your existing motor may be a less expensive option than replacing the entire unit. External wiring connects the wall mounted door control and the safety sensor to the motor unit of the garage door opener. If your garage door opener will not open or close the garage door when holding down the wall button and you can hear the motor operating it is most likely an internal or external drive gear on the door opener that has worn or damaged. It is rare for this problem to suddenly appear.

Many garage door openers use fractional horsepower psc motors. Garage door opens but the motor won t stop running. Very often when your garage door opener is not functioning properly it can be repaired. T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener.

Check that wires are securely attached to the sensor s photoelectric eyes each eye has 2 wires and the wall unit. These motors have a run capacitor that can get weak or go bad reducing the motor s start and run torque below acceptable levels. That wiring can become damaged or disconnected. Try making small adjustments.

We always maintain a full inventory of garage door opener parts on our trucks so we can. It s important to get this switch at just the right distance from the motor so that the door is able to close all the way but the motor also knows to stop running. Many garage openers use nylon drive gears that wear in time and need replacing. When this unusual problem occurs it means the up limit switch probably needs to be moved away from the motor unit.