Liftmaster Garage Door Only Opens A Few Inches

Now i m having and issue where the garage only opens a couple inches and then closes a couple of inches and stops.

Liftmaster garage door only opens a few inches.

Ensure the motor shaft is tightened enough so that there is not too much endplay in the shaft. Try to operate the garage door manually this helps you determine if the problem is related to the door or the motor. Liftmaster garage door opener only closes a few inches and then reverses. The door will move back and forth sometime 1 2 inch sometimes 1 foot.

Clicking the remote at that point. My garage door will open only a few inches and then stops. Garage door will only open about 3 inches then stops this morning i opened my garage door drove out tried to close it but it refused to close. If i continually hold the wall mounted remote button in the garage the door will go down but makes a loud rumbling about six inches from the floor which may or may not have anything to do with why the door will not close.

Liftmaster garage door only opens and shuts a few inches after gear replacement. Oddly enough it seems to follow a sequence every 3rd push of button it seems ot move the most about 1 foot the green led blinks 4 times. Recently when i use the remote it door comes down a couple of inches then stops and the interior light blinks about five times. I have a liftmaster professional 1 2 h p.

If the motor shaft moves back and forth through the motor more than 1 16th of an inch during operation it could lead to the door traveling only a short distance before reversing. The garage door can be operated manually by disconnecting the garage door opener from the door using the red pull cord. Liftmaster professional 1 2 h p. I just changed out the gears with a replacement kit from amazon.

After a few minutes i realized one of the wires for one of the garage door eyes was covering the eye so i moved it and the door closed. I cleared the codes and followed the learn directions. The simple stuff if the garage door connected to your liftmaster opener only opens part of the way or it begins to open but then reverses check the track and the surrounding area for any objects.