Loud Garage Door Opener Motor

By robert korpella vibration is the cause of most noise problems associated with garage door openers.

Loud garage door opener motor.

5 place rubber pad behind mounting bracket and reattach it to the wall. Set motor on top of wood blocks. Garage door openers can use a screw drive system chain drive system or belt drive system. Using rubber pieces hang the motor from the garage door opener mounting straps.

1 unplug the motor of the garage door opener. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to muffle a noisy garage door opener. Set wood block on top of ladder. By the rubber pieces suspend the garage door opener from the frame.

Noisy garage doors are usually caused by worn rollers loose hardware parts that need lubrication or an opener in need of anti vibration pads all simple fixes. 3 unbolt and lower motor from mounting straps. The garage door opener needs periodic maintenance to keep it working properly. The rubber absorbs noisy vibrations keeping them from causing the metal support frame from shuddering.

You might also like. It could be your garage door opener mechanism that is the source of the problem. You also may just have an older and louder garage door opener. 4 disconnect door track mounting bracket from wall.

By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine. Test the opener and the garage door to ensure they re working correctly. Vibration transfers through the steel framework of the opener and through the home s framing. If the noise is accompanied by your garage door opener having difficulty opening and closing the door it s possible your garage door opener has a bad motor.