Noisy Garage Door Opener Motor

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to muffle a noisy garage door opener.

Noisy garage door opener motor.

15 off garage door repair total. Add rubber as buffer in spots causing noise. Vibration is the cause of most noise problems associated with garage door openers. Take the door opener motor out of the mounting bracket and put it aside gently.

Take out the garage door bolts connecting the tracks to it. How to lubricate your noisy garage door. Noisy garage doors are usually caused by worn rollers loose hardware parts that need lubrication or an opener in need of anti vibration pads all simple fixes. Set wood block on top of ladder.

Replace the gear and sprocket assembly or the drive and worm gears when they re worn and making noises. 4 disconnect door track mounting bracket from wall. 3 unbolt and lower motor from mounting straps. Create opener and garage door buffers using pieces of rubber to reduce noise.

Set motor on top of wood blocks. Before you work on the opener and door unplug the door opener s motor. By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine basic garage door maintenance checklist photo 1. 20 off garage door openers click to print.

Vibration transfers through the steel framework of the opener and through the home s framing studs and drywall. 2 place stepladder under garage door opener motor. Worn gears inside the garage door opener s motor unit can make grinding or buzzing noises. This video gives you a close up view of garage door rollers pulleys springs tracks and motor chain so that you know what to look for when lubricating your garage door parts.

1 unplug the motor of the garage door opener.