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    Garage Door Fail

    So I get a text from my wife tonight, seems that a friend stopped by our house to drop something off, before we got home. He found the garage door open, which I swear I had pushed the button in the car to close it this morning. He tried to close it... and he said "it didn't sound good" ... so after a bit of disassembly, I have this:



    notice the off-centeredness of the output shaft, a bad bearing to blame:



    Thanks to my friend Google, parts are on the way, should be able to have it fixed up early next week.

    hey, on the bright side, I know how to disassemble a garage door opener
    Last edited by Toasty; 03-03-2011, 12:53 AM.
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  • #2
    SAME EXACT thing happened to mine recently! kinda funny i thought you broke into my house and took of picture of mine when i had it taken apart, haha too funny! i guess it must be a common thing

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    • #3
      What is the brand name of this opener?

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      • #4
        Marc- it's a craftsman, made by chamberlain. They also make Liftmaster.

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        • #5
          You sure it's just the bearing, are those gears still good? The cheapo PLASTIC GEARS on my old opener got trashed causing it to fail -- of course the company is out of business and no parts were available, so had to pony up for a brand new one. Guess what, the brand new one ALSO has cheapo PLASTIC GEARS!

          Supposedly you have to get a commercial one for non-plastic gears. I think the plastic gears are for safety, so they break before causing too much damage...
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          • #6
            Also for cost savings.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by libertyforall1776 View Post
              You sure it's just the bearing, are those gears still good? The cheapo PLASTIC GEARS on my old opener got trashed causing it to fail -- of course the company is out of business and no parts were available, so had to pony up for a brand new one. Guess what, the brand new one ALSO has cheapo PLASTIC GEARS!

              Supposedly you have to get a commercial one for non-plastic gears. I think the plastic gears are for safety, so they break before causing too much damage...

              Yes the gear is toast, it was caused by the bad bearing. The plastic/nylon gears are indeed there to be the weak spot. Saves the motor from burning up in a case like this.

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