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Ben Lotto Ben Lotto is offline
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Default Fixing garage door opener?

On Aug 22, 8:22*am, Ben wrote:
We had a power outage yesterday so I had to use the manual disconnect
on my Stanley garage door opener. *When the power came back, I tried
to reconnect it, but the part of the traveler connected to the rope
wouldn't snap back into the slot as its done in the past, and as a
result the traveler won't connect to the chair. *It seems as though
some spring is broken or out of place---in fact, I can see a spring in
the slot in the traveler. *I know this is a vague description, but I'm
hoping that someone could suggest a way to fix this. *Even better
would be fixing it without taking the whole opener down!

Any suggestions would be very welcome. *Thanks!!!


Update---there is a spring in the traveler that seems to have broken.
I pulled the darn thing around and duck taped the traveler into
position while I order a replacement. At least the door is working
again!