Garage Door Hear Click And Not Open

Without any warning the garage door will not open.

Garage door hear click and not open. Can t forcibly move drive chain either. Many garage doors have a powerful torsion spring located horizontally above the door. When the door is lowered the spring winds up tightly creating a pulling force that helps lift the door up. Use a screwdriver to tighten the wire.

A faulty circuit board will cause the garage door opener to make clicking sounds. Turn the power back on and the door should open and close normally. The opener motor is fine but the shaft doesn t turn. In this video i ll show you the issue with a garage door opener that makes noise but won t move.

If it is a genie then the plastic adapter between the motor and the screw is stripped. Detach the opener by pulling the emergency handle downward. No movement of drive chain and sprocket. If so and it is a chamberlain sears or liftmaster then the gear assembly inside is damaged.

Shut off the power to the garage door opener. Check the door s electric eye. You can hear a click like relay is picking up and light comes on so elec connection is fine. A power outage or surge particularly one that results from a storm may either cause a temporary malfunction or permanently damage the circuit board.

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. Usually located towards the front of your garage the manual release is that brightly colored cord hanging down within easy reach. This will determine if the issue is connected to the door itself or the opener.