Close the garage door with the opener and watch it closely as it closes.
Linear garage door opener not closing.
For a balanced garage door it should stay in that position without going up or down.
Now leave the door.
If the garage door does not close completely or begins to close and then opens back up again the down limit switch needs.
In a typical situation the motor for your garage door opener should stop running once the door has closed.
This will disconnect the garage door from the opener.
If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step.
Open the garage door manually to about halfway.
One sends a beam of infra red light to the other.
This video is for a linear garage door opener.
Finally it s possible the garage door opener s motor.
If you find that it keeps running this can present a problem in your system.
As with many such problems the most common problem is the simplest one the motor unit has been unplugged.
Pull the emergency cord down and towards the garage door opener.
If you are having problems closing the garage door please che.
Linear garage door opener not closing.