Garage Door Keeps Bouncing Back Up

Turn it one complete turn clockwise.

Garage door keeps bouncing back up.

Your garage door sensor works by having two photo sensitive devices on either side of the garage door. Bad top oilite bearing just under drive sprocket on opener power head. Most likely there is an obstruction or motor sensitivity is incorrect. A careless or rushed parking job can cause the car s bumper to block the sensor.

The two dials may have a picture of a house with a garage door next to them. If you find that your garage door is reversing before even hitting the floor then it could be possible that there is a problem with the close force setting. Possible reasons why your garage door hits the floor then goes back up. Here s a rundown of some of the possible reasons this can be happening.

Missing wheels on door rollers. You want the one on the left. Try the door and if it still re opens turn the same dial another complete revolution. This is almost always the result of a dirty or obstructed safety feature.

As is the case with so many issues at the home there s no one reason why your garage door closes then opens. If these can t see each other when the door is almost shut it will send a signal to the garage door motor to open back up. Leaves twigs stuck on bottom section breaking beam. Bad pillow block bearing on torsion tube.

Sometimes it can be torsion springs have relaxed some of its tension and door has become too heavy. Sometimes the sensors will be in alignment and just as the door gets close to being shut it will vibrate enough to push one sensor off. This setting basically controls how much force is allowed when closing the garage door. Your travel down setting needs to be adjusted.