Garage Door Opener Track Bends

The garage door opener keeps kicking the chain off the drive sproket when i close it.

Garage door opener track bends.

See the section in your manual titled position the opener. Garage door tracks are important in keeping it aligned correctly. That will cause the jerky noisy operation when you close the door. If you look at the rail you can see it flex bend up.

Any tips on how to correct this. Your opener appears to be installed almost level with the garage door rather than angled backward. When this happens it is important to leave the door alone and call a professional garage door company. I ve spent the last two weeks trying to fix this problem but i don t think i have an answer for it.

No i a rail a chain and latch that ends to far against the door witch bends rod almost to a breaking piont. Please see video attached there is a little flex bow action towards the end of travel as the door weather seal closes. Open the garage door until the bottom of the door is past the seam between the vertical track and the curve of. If the track gets bent this movement is impeded and the door will not open properly.

If the tracks are bent the movement will be restricted and the garage door will not operate properly. How to fix a garage door that has bent tracks step 1. My chamberlain garage door opener rail flexes. Then there should be 2 sets of screw adjustments usually one on the rear and one set on the side.

Clamp a pair of vise grips around the front edge of the horizontal track directly under the bottom door roller. The track allows the garage door to move smoothly. Garage door opener rail bows little. In case this happens get the tracks inspect by a qualified technician.