Garage Door Hear Click And Not Open

Many garage doors have a powerful torsion spring located horizontally above the door.

Garage door hear click and not open. This will determine if the issue is connected to the door itself or the opener. Detach the opener by pulling the emergency handle downward. The first step is to locate the emergency release and disengage it do it only if the garage door is completely closed. The opener motor is fine but the shaft doesn t turn.

No movement of drive chain and sprocket. Turn the power back on and the door should open and close normally. Can t forcibly move drive chain either. If you click your remote and hear the garage door opener s motor running but the door won t open the first thing you should do is check to see that the manual release isn t engaged.

The next step is to attempt to open your garage door manually. If so and it is a chamberlain sears or liftmaster then the gear assembly inside is damaged. You can hear a click like relay is picking up and light comes on so elec connection is fine. A faulty circuit board will cause the garage door opener to make clicking sounds.

Also the opener may work sometimes but on other occasions it does not respond. Shut off the power to the garage door opener. If it is a genie then the plastic adapter between the motor and the screw is stripped. A power outage or surge particularly one that results from a storm may either cause a temporary malfunction or permanently damage the circuit board.

Without any warning the garage door will not open. Use a screwdriver to tighten the wire. Check the door s electric eye.