my garage door opener makes grinding noise when it reaches full open.
it is 10 years old.
worth trying to fix ?
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10 years ago
garage door opener makes grinding noise
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10 years ago
If it's made by Chamberlain (Craftsman) the plastic gears are shot...you can get them on ebay, and it's an easy fix.
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10 years ago
Hi, State make and model. Chain drive? Belt dirve? Screw drive?
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10 years ago
For what it's worth, my older-than-10-YO GDO recently started making a screeching sound a few inches before fully open. It sounded like a metal on metal screech. I opened the case and performed the following maintenance:
- Oiled all metal to metal points, like the motor shaft, the bearing at the top of the opener, etc.
- Applied bulk lithium grease to all the nylon gears
- Cleaned the dirt and gunk from the top of the track with brake cleaner
- Lubed the top of the track with spray lithium grease
- Lubed the door rollers with spray lithium grease
- Lubed the torsion spring with spray lithium grease
The screeching stopped and the door runs much smoother and quieter.