Garage Door Opener Trolley Stuck

Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track.

Garage door opener trolley stuck.

The garage door opener motor will hum when attempting to open or close the door but is unable to travel due to being lodged against the bolt tab. Try the opener and if it still hums the run capacitor or capacitors are probably bad. It s important to get this switch at just the right distance from the motor so that the door is able to close all the way but the motor also knows to stop running. Check to see if anything a shovel broom etc fell and is now stuck in the track that is causing it to be lodged.

Typically this is caused by a mis adjustment. This can be a quick fix by identifying the object and then removing it. Some just have one for the stop for up position and one for the down position. The trolley on this garage door the part that travels up and down on the rain was broken.

The trolley can become lodged against the stop bolt tab because the door has either opened or closed too far. Sometimes it s just a matter of changing the batteries in your remote or fixing a fuse in the fuse box. Poor lubrication is a very common and easy to fix explanation for why you might find your garage door stuck. Your opener up travel stop has probably drifted and when it goes.

Rotate the motor by hand and move the trolley 6 8 inches toward the door. Be sure to use clopay s garage door prolube or sillicone based lubricants. They are usually located on the side of the opener. You should properly lubricate your garage door s track the opener chain and the springs every few months as part of regular preventative maintenance.

In the beginning of the video you can hear what this sounds like. Try making small adjustments. If the garage door doesn t budge at all it s probably a power issue. This is related to the up limit switch.

Lodged garage door track.