How To Get Garage Door Trolley Off Stop Bolt

Here are my steps to realign this module this applies to most craftsman garage door opener models.

How to get garage door trolley off stop bolt.

Open the door manually. After you adjust the down limit and it still comes up and hits the bolt you may have a. Your on the right track when you loosen the chain to get it off the stop bolt you are changing the limits. Tried to reset opening travel distance but it keeps traveling to the stop bolt and clicking.

Do you know what i need to do to limit the movement of the door model 139 53650srt craftsman. Reach overhead and pull the rope that releases the door from the opener. Was programed and working fine before today. Trolley on garage door opener hits stop bolt and clicks 10 times.

Manually bring the door to the closed position. I have compared with the other garage door opener i have and it stops on the way up 1 2 inch before the trolley hits the safety screw bolt. Release the garage door from the trolley using the emergency release cord. Unplug the garage opener.

Make sure the garage doorway is clear of persons or obstructions. Then do the down limit switch adjustment as described above to shorten the down travel. Get shopping advice from experts friends and the community. Ensure that chain isn t torqued against the bolt as this could be very dangerous to work on.

First visually verify that the trolley is against the stop bolt. Release the door from the garage door opener by pulling the emergency release handle. If you cannot get it to back off the front stop bolt then you will need to unplug the opener and remove the motor cover and a gripping pliers grab the end of the motor shaft to turn the drive motor so it will be able to come off the front stop bolt. I did a complete video on the entire chamberlain carriage trolley mechanism if that is what you re looking for you can find that here.

Once you locate where the wheels on the door are jumping off the track snap locking pliers.