[Homestead] Garage door opener knowledge out there?

Gene GeRue genegerue at ruralize.com
Mon Dec 6 19:05:23 EST 2004


Warren, you obviously know much more than I do about these things.

It is a screw type, a Genie Pro 88, for what that's worth. There are no 
electric eyes.

After I lubed it, it would start to open the door but only travel about 
twelve inches, then it would reverse itself, as if it had hit an 
obstruction, and then go back to the beginning position, where the door is 
closed. After some time I tried it again and it worked. Then, later it did 
the false start, stop, and return to Go routine. This morning, it opened 
the door, I drove out, hit the remote, nothing happened. I ended up 
disengaging it and closing the door by hand. After I closed it by hand, I 
reengaged it. When I returned home, it did not open. I opened the door by 
hand, reengaged it, tried it while looking at it. The motor comes on for a 
brief period, then shuts itself off. I removed the housing and observed the 
clutch at the back. When the motor gets the signal from the transmitter it 
comes on but there is no clutch movement. I am wondering if the many false 
starts, stops, and returns perhaps stripped something inside.





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