Sears Craftsman Garage Door Will Not Close

A misaligned garage door opener may cause the door or trolley to bind up causing the opener to stop or reverse because opening or closing force exceeded the opener s force limit.

Sears craftsman garage door will not close.

The wires for the door control are shorted or the door control is faulty. Won t open or close all the way when a garage door doesn t open or close all the way first check the opener alignment and adjust if needed. Garage door won t close safety sensor troubleshooting video lights blink 10 times remove item blocking safety sensors. The rugged chain cable drive system delivers reliable and consistent operation so you can get into and out of your garage with ease.

Check safety sensor alignment. The craftsman series 100 garage door opener 57953 can lift the heaviest garage doors with a powerful 1 2 hp ac motor. Hi wayne here from sears partsdirect. In the morning when i am leaving in the car the door will open with any of the 3 devices.

If you set the downforce too low the door will stop on its way down then reverse and open back up. I have a 10 year old craftsman garage door opener model 1239 53675srt2 with a wall opener keypad remote and car remote. Today we re going to talk about. Hi this is wayne from sears partsdirect.

The sensors have to be able to detect flashing lights from one another for the garage door to open and close properly. Inadequate up force can cause the door to stop on its way up. Check the sensors on either side of your garage door. I back the car out and then the 2 remotes will not work to close the door.

If the garage door opener lights blink 10 times when you re trying to close the garage door then the safety sensors may need adjustment or the sensor wiring may need to be repaired or replaced. If there s nothing blocking the safety sensors check their alignment. These repairs may help solve your garage door opener problem find and remove garage door opener rf interference source. Locate the force adjustment dials.

They can be found at the back panel of your craftsman garage door opener to increase the open force turn the open force dial about 1 4 of a full turn similarly to increase the close force turn the close force about 1 4 of a full turn operate your garage door. Inspect door control wires for a short staple in wire replace wire 22 gauge wire as needed. After installing new door control wires if door control still does not operate garage door opener replace the door control.