Garage door closing with a clunk

[LouB]

House is about 10 years old and no manual in sight. Suggestions based on experience??

TIA

Lou

[benick]

For starters how about a little more info such as where is the "clunk" coming from? Opener or door? Is it binding? Does it "clunk" with the opener disconnected and operated manually?

No where near enough info for even a guess......

[Joseph Wheeler]

Guy who posts something like that-- just tell him to put cotton in his ears. Problem solved...

[LouB]

Clunk occurs as door comes down under power. Never thought to try door without power and will do so.

Lou

[LouB]

Your helpful comment shows how smart you are.

Lou

[trailer]

try getting manual from door makers web site. it may assist you.

Clunk occurs as door comes down under power. Never thought to try door without power and will do so.

Lou

[Joseph Wheeler]

Louie, your wife often whispers the same thing in my ear right afterwards....

[elgee]

It may be a simple as adjusting the limit switch to keep the door from closing hard enough to give the forceful closing.

[Red Green]

LouB wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Here is my input based on the info you took all the trouble to give.

[Hustlin' Hank]

Could be a number of causes. Garage door opener needs adjusted. Garage door springs need adjusted........Or ( my first guess), if you live in a freeze area, the floor may have heaved up due to freezing causing it to "clunk" when it fully closed. You can adjust the travel limit of your opener to compensate if it is due to freezing.

Hank

[sligoNoSPAMjoe]

I agree. I would add to the limit switch an adjustment to the clutch as well may be needed.

[willshak]

on 2/11/2009 12:22 PM (ET) LouB wrote the following:

What kind of opener do you have, the track with chain or the coiled spring type? Does it clunk when it starts to close, during the travel somewhere, or when it contacts th the floor? Where does the clunk noise originate from, the motor, the track or coil, the door itself? Is there a visible momentary stoppage, shudder, or other unusual movement when it clunks?

[LouB]

Thank goodness it is not your first guess since house is in The Villages Florida. Thanks for the effort:-))

Lou

[LouB]

It is clunking when it hits the floor which makes me think it is the limit adjustment. Now I just need to find where it is.

Lou

[Tony Hwang]

Hi, If it does not do it when manually closed, sounds like limit switch is out of adjustment.

[mkirsch1]

Your completely useless description of the problem shows the same about you.

[LouB]

I am hoping that is all it is.

Lou

[LouB]

Aren't you completely amazed that several folks provided good hints and suggestions??

Lou "It takes just as much time to be nice to someone as it does to be a jerk. So why be a jerk?" Tim Russet quoting his father Big Russ

[HeyBub]

Or the attachment point.

[Hustlin' Hank]

Ok, I am probably wrong on my first guess, but, I have heard it is getting to the freezing temps in your area of Fla. Don't discount the possibility of heaving. Adjusting the limit switch adjustment should solve your problem even if it isn't heaving up.

Hank