Garage Door Motor Moves Side To Side

Automatic garage door opener runs but door doesn t move.

Garage door motor moves side to side.

This is frustrating especially if you re trying to get your car out of the garage. The door runs are housed in a garage door track one on each side of the garage door. They can hear the motor going but the door itself is not opening. If it doesn t adjust the spring tension on each side of the door until it does.

Door has shifted to one side. Sometimes homeowners will find that their automatic garage door opener runs but the door doesn t move. I am going to check out the motor ceiling mount and see if the rail for the chain is square with the door face and not off a little to the. Close the door and use a level to determine that it s hitting the ground levelly on both sides.

Unless you have a carriage style garage door your garage door will have two door runs that move from the floor to the ceiling. This leaves some room for the rollers to move in and out of the sleeves. See the article garage door rollers for more information on the correct alignment. Garage door shifts to one side.

I have a 16 x 7 garage door that uses a torsion spring. As door came down the rollers started to bind in the rail and stopped the door. Then they ll go horizontally parallel to the garage ceiling and floor. The door is 3 years old and it walks over to the far right side and stops when it bumps up to the rollers.

The clips have slots in them that allow for side to side adjustment.