How To Replace Your Old Genie Garage Door Motor Unit

If you can see something that looks like a bicycle chain near the motor unit of your opener consider replacing it with a screw driver or belt drive garage door opener.

How to replace your old genie garage door motor unit. After you ve pressed 357 into the keypad slowly push the up down button until the garage door moves. But don t replace the bottom roller bracket yourself the cable attached to it is under extreme tension. Attach the wiring hook up the wiring from the unit to the push button control next to the home entry door. The garage door opener motor is an electrical device that opens and shuts a garage door without having to manually pull it down or push it up fixing motor problems may not necessarily mean disassembling it and can be addressed by certain external adjustments.

You ll need to call a pro. Even a newer model chain drive unit will likely be quieter than an older model but screw drives are noticeably quieter and belt drives are the quietest of all. So before you buy a new garage door opener check for broken or wobbly rollers and brackets. Find the up down button on the keypad located toward the bottom of the device.

Push the up down button 3 times to open the garage door. Using the three screws you had unscrewed earlier attach the new motor gear and sprocket to the unit. Attach the new wires to the safety lenses with a screwdriver and install them on either. Place the limit switch assembly back in place followed by the rpm sensor.

This means the screw and the motor are directly connected which makes for less moving parts and less wear and tear on the garage door openers motor pieces unlike other drive systems that may have gears that can wear and break and are difficult to replace. Attach this to the capacitor using the red blue and white wires. Now attach the new motor assembly to the unit using the four screws that the old one was attached to.