mmandley
05-14-2010, 06:04 PM
Hey guys im hopping all you other men, contractors and just generally more experienced then me can help me out.
I have a Chamberlin whisper belt drive garage door opener. Its a 3/4 hp. I have had it about 1.5 years and it was professionally installed by a door company who made my custom garage door on my home.
3 days ago the door all the sudden decided it didn't want to close properly any longer. It will start then stop right away. Lights flash 3 times and it wont budge till you click the remote again. It will then go 1.5 way and act like it senses something in the door sensors on the floor and go right back up again. I have to keep going threw this over and over until it finally closes.
So my logical thinking was it needs lube as the tracks seem dry. I went and bought some automatic garage door grease. I applied it to the tracks, and the steel square tube the belt drive rides around. I didn't put anything on the belt as i don't think they lubed it when they installed the system.
Now the door will close again but still hangs up and reopens. If i hold the button in the garage down it will finally make it.
I even used the grab handle and walked the door open and closed several times and didn't seem like it was hanging up on anything.
Anything im missing? I have double and triple checked the door sensors and nothing is even near them.
I have a Chamberlin whisper belt drive garage door opener. Its a 3/4 hp. I have had it about 1.5 years and it was professionally installed by a door company who made my custom garage door on my home.
3 days ago the door all the sudden decided it didn't want to close properly any longer. It will start then stop right away. Lights flash 3 times and it wont budge till you click the remote again. It will then go 1.5 way and act like it senses something in the door sensors on the floor and go right back up again. I have to keep going threw this over and over until it finally closes.
So my logical thinking was it needs lube as the tracks seem dry. I went and bought some automatic garage door grease. I applied it to the tracks, and the steel square tube the belt drive rides around. I didn't put anything on the belt as i don't think they lubed it when they installed the system.
Now the door will close again but still hangs up and reopens. If i hold the button in the garage down it will finally make it.
I even used the grab handle and walked the door open and closed several times and didn't seem like it was hanging up on anything.
Anything im missing? I have double and triple checked the door sensors and nothing is even near them.