How To Adjust Down Pressure On Garage Door

This video demonstrates how to adjust force on a liftmaster garage door opener with manual adjustment controls.

How to adjust down pressure on garage door.

With the door propped open take the s hook out of the support and tighten or loosen the cable as needed. Travel and counter clockwise for less open travel. Place a small piece of lumber or other hard object under the door while it is open. To decrease it turn it counterclockwise.

How to adjust a garage door opener. Using the up open limit adjustment screw you will turn the screw clockwise for more open. Hold down the open travel limit button until the door has raised all the way. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism.

To make fine adjustments try adjusting the lifting cable instead of the spring. Equal about 2 of travel adjustment. Step 2 adjust the force. Every complete turn equals 2 inches of travel.

Program the garage door opener to recognize when your garage door is completely open. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. To adjust your garage door s side mounted springs first open your door fully and secure it in place with a c clamp below the bottom roller. In order to increase the down travel rotate the down limit adjustment screw counterclockwise.

Move it the opposite way to decrease it. If the up travel isn t functioning properly turn the up limit adjustment screw clockwise. One full turn of the adjustment screw will. To open the door completely adjust.

Push the open set limit button then release to save the door s position as the new open limit setting. The green indicator light will flash twice to confirm. Once your garage door is secured remove the spring hook from the track hanger which will allow you to move the hook and adjust the spring s tension. Step 3 adjust the safety reverse.

The cable is attached to the door and runs to an s hook that attaches to the track support. 0 00 adjusting the force on garage door opene. This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door. It is important to set the up open travel limit properly.