Garage Door Moves 6 Inches And Reverses

The photo eyes send an infrared beam across the bottom of your garage door opening if that beam is broken the door will reverse.

Garage door moves 6 inches and reverses.

This is almost always the result of a. Check also wiring connections at the travel module and at the logic board. My garage door opens 6 inches and then stops and reverses in the opposite direction. Check for binding or obstructions.

Replace logic board if necessary. How to fix a garage door that keeps reversing. The sensors are fine with a green yellow light on. When this sensor goes bad the door will start down a few inches and the logic board will not receive the electronic pulses and it will reverse just like yours is doing.

Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a door just because of the way it pushes the door down. Check for binding or obstructions. The lights are not blinking too. So i don t think it s a sensor problem.

Garage door only travels a little way and then reverses does your garage door only travel a little way 6 inches or so and then reverse. The door doesn t even make it down far enough to hit the sensor. It will make troubleshooting later much easier. In fact you really should read the entire garage door repair article.

The garage door moves 6 8 inches stops and reverses. Photo eyes or safety sensors are mounted to the track on either side of the garage door about 6 inches up from the ground. When the door hits something the logic board doesn t receive the pulses sent by the sensor and it reverses. I have a craftsman 1 2 hp garage door opener.

Open and close the door manually. Ever notice how it is easier to pull a wagon over a curb than it is to push it. There is nothing in the way and the sensors are working properly the door works fine by itself manually and. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again.

When i try to close the door remotely the door moves about a few inches then reverses and opens. It just doesn t make sense.