On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:30:06 -0800 (PST), against all advice,
something compelled BobK207 , to say:

On Jan 14, 5:39*pm, Steve Daniels wrote:
I came home to a door about 75% shut. *When I try to open or
close the door, my very old opener shudders and grinds. *I'll
take it down and look at it, but I'm pretty sure I'm in the
market for a new unit.

What's good out there?


Release the door from the opener arm & see it the door works easily by
hand.

But if yours is making nasty noises it might be more than a door
balancing issue.


The door is fine. I can open and close it by hand with little
effort.

The house was built in the early seventies, and I'm sure that the
opener is original. It's time has come.

I bought a Genie HyperVelocity (sp?) screw drive, and I'll
install it this weekend. Thank you all for your input.



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