How To Adjust Chamberlain Garage Door Belt

Lift the door about halfway as shown.

How to adjust chamberlain garage door belt.

From informational videos to product manuals and troubleshooting articles the chamberlain group resource library has the information you need. To garage door before installing and operating garage door opener to avoid entanglement. Link to belt https amzn to 2zlnbt7. Although many openers are self adjusting there are ways to tinker with the travel and level the limit so the control works properly.

Find the chamberlain garage door opener technical support you need to get your garage door opener operational. Remove any ropes connected to garage door. Preparing your garage door before you begin. Establishing the travel limits of chamberlain garage door openers.

The average life of a belt drive garage door ranges from 7 to 10 years with some which will need belt changing after only a few years while others might not for nearly two decades it depends on the quality of the product. The belt on this chamberlain garage door opener started chunking teeth so we need to replace it. Brand new chamberlain garage door opener with excessive slack in belt drive. Depending on the type of technology and when the mechanism was made there are many ways to make adjustments to a chamberlain garage door opener.

It was nearly a direct swap and all works as desired except. The manual does not indicate how to solve this problem. Note one full turn of these screws equates to a door travel distance of two inches. Complete the following test to make sure your garage door is balanced and is not sticking or binding.

When opening the door the belt on the non pulling side is very loose. I recently replaced our chain driven garage door opener which functioned fine for 9 years with a chamberlain myq opener which runs off of a belt instead. Position ladder below the back or rear portion of the opener to access the screws.