Spring Broke On My Garage Door Opener

First do not try to lift the door by hand or using the opener as you can hurt yourself lifting a heavy garage door by hand and burn out the opener using it to try to open a door with a broken spring.

Spring broke on my garage door opener.

Garage door opener with a broken spring as the extra weight of the garage door with a broken spring. Can burn out the motor capacitor or other parts of the automatic garage door opener. The garage door is used. That was the spring breaking and it was probably the most exciting part of your day.

Many times homeowners don t even notice and operate the door with a broken spring for days until something else breaks and the door is not operable. A garage door should not be opened until the spring is repaired. The garage door is not part of the door opener. If you have a broken spring do not attempt to use the opener to open your garage door.

Some garage door openers have dc motors that start off slow when opening and then kick into a higher speed. Can i use my opener remote to open my garage door. If this is a part for the opener please reply with the model number of the opener. If this is the extension spring for the door not the opener you will need to have a local overhead door repair person repair your door.

The size of the door and the type of spring system determines how difficult opening the door will be. A garage door with a broken spring should not be opened or closed using an automatic operator. We recommend having a garage door service company repair broken springs on the garage door before. You hear a loud pop like a firecracker.

A garage door that has a broken spring has nothing to support its weight. Or you may hear the opener straining to lift the door. The model number starts with 139 539xxx. Another scenario is the garage door goes up very slowly when using the automatic opener.