Garage Door Opener Jerks Does Not Open

You should see daylight under the garage door after it closes but the jerk will disappear.

Garage door opener jerks does not open. I accidentally activated the opening of my automatic garage door even though it was physically locked with the lockbar at the side of the door. Check the door s electric eye. When the door is lowered the spring winds up tightly creating a pulling force that helps lift the door up. Broken springs are the most common issue at hand whenever a service person is called to a residence to repair a garage door.

If the garage door is not opening but the motor is running the problem might rest on the springs in your garage door assembly. Lift your garage door to its farthest extent and clamp vise grips on the tracks to jam it open. Once disconnected operate the door manually and tell me if it opens easily and freely with no heaviness or binding. This had the effect that the metal hook is now almost at the motor and when i manually open the garage the plastic catch does not reach the metal hook to fit it in place.

You will need a set of steel bars called winding bars to insert into the tightening cone onto the end of the spring. Use a screwdriver to tighten the wire. Shut off the power to the garage door opener. Many garage doors have a powerful torsion spring located horizontally above the door.

A properly balanced door should open easily and stay where you let go of it at any point along its travel. Also the opener may work sometimes but on other occasions it does not respond. Contact us for garage door spring repair. Turn the power back on and the door should open and close normally.

Please disconnect the door from the opener by pulling on the emergancy disconnect cord. If you have an automatic garage door opener unplug it now and disconnect it from the door using the pull cord.