Garage Door Trolley Jammed

Try making small adjustments.

Garage door trolley jammed.

This is related to the up limit switch. This video from sears partsdirect shows how to troubleshoot motor and travel problems with your garage door opener. The image below will show you the front stop bolt. 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.

Any problems with springs or pulley should be examined by a garage door professional. Don is correct in that you may have a stripped drive gear but you will need to remove the motor cover to see if that is the problem. A pulley can become jammed by an obstruction or possibly a misaligned or hung up cable. Jammed or obstructed track your garage door works because the garage door opener unwinds or winds the torsion springs pulling or pushing the garage door with rollers along a track.

This can be a quick fix by identifying the object and then removing it. Thank you for your question on the door trolley jammed against the front stop bolt. T his is a pretty uncommon problem but one that can happen after you ve first installed your garage door opener. If there is something in one of the tracks obstructing the free movement of the rollers the garage door can stick open.

Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track. The trolley can become lodged against the stop bolt tab because the door has either opened or closed too far. If the indicator light on your motor unit. 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.