Spring Broke On My Garage Door Opener

If you have a broken spring the opener might stay at a slower speed due to the heavy weight of the garage door.

Spring broke on my garage door opener.

The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be. A garage door should not be opened until the spring is repaired. Some garage door openers have dc motors that start off slow when opening and then kick into a higher speed. Many times homeowners don t even notice and operate the door with a broken spring for days until something else breaks and the door is not operable.

If this is a part for the opener please reply with the model number of the opener. Replacing garage door springs is not a do it yourself project replacement requires special tools and techniques to prevent injury. Or you may hear the opener straining to lift the door. All though some openers can lift the door you risk damage to the operator and the door.

Can i use my opener remote to open my garage door. If you have a broken spring do not attempt to use the opener to open your garage door. Can burn out the motor capacitor or other parts of the automatic garage door opener. We recommend having a garage door service company repair broken springs on the garage door before.

First do not try to lift the door by hand or using the opener as you can hurt yourself lifting a heavy garage door by hand and burn out the opener using it to try to open a door with a broken spring. Another scenario is the garage door goes up very slowly when using the automatic opener. You hear a loud pop like a firecracker. A garage door that has a broken spring has nothing to support its weight.

The model number starts with 139 539xxx. The garage door is used. The garage door is not part of the door opener. That was the spring breaking and it was probably the most exciting part of your day.