On Sep 5, 11:38*am, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sep 5, 12:28*pm, ransley wrote:





On Sep 5, 9:37*am, (Rich Greenberg) wrote:

I would appreciate some opinions on garage door openers.

I presently have a genie of indeterminate age that is starting to fail.
Its a screw drive consumer model with the three part track bolted
together.

The local door service I called suggests replaceing it with a
Liftmaster, either chain or belt driven. *They tell me that the quality
of the Genie has gone down in the last few years and they no longer
carry Genie.

Questions:

1) Is the motor on the Genie (which seems to have become intermittant)
easily obtainable and easily replaceable? *Should I first replace the
starting capacitor? *It seems to start OK, raises the door a foot or two
and stops. *The adjustment for sensitivity (is that the right term) is
at max.

2) Whats the dependability of Liftmasters in general? *Between screw
drive, chain drive & belt drive which is the best and most relieable?
I only have experience with screw drives.

Thanks for you help.

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Rich Greenberg *N Ft Myers, FL, USA richgr atsign panix.com *+ 1 239 543 1353
Eastern time. *N6LRT *I speak for myself & my dogs only. * *VM'er since CP-67
Canines:Val, Red, Shasta & Casey (RIP), Red & Zero, Siberians *Owner:Chinook-L
Retired at the beach * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Asst Owner:Sibernet-L

You might have 2 adjustments on the unit, force and sensivity- Hide quoted text -

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You might have 2 adjustments on the unit, force and sensivity

I'm not sure I see a difference between "force and sensivity" in this
case.

Typically the 2 adjustments (actually 4) are force and travel, up and
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I had the same issue with a liftmaster and adjusted a second set of
adjustments on the other side of the unit and its worked fine since.
He should call the co that made the unit they might diagnose it easily
as Liftmaster did for me.