Our 7 year screw drive Genie works well but I found Genie lube in
small tube at HD. Annual application sparingly.

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 03:04:35 GMT, Tony Hwang wrote:

Danny wrote:

Chalk up another one for Chamberlain and those that it sells under other names,
listed here. This is what my door man said to me when I asked him the same thing.
He gave me a thumbs down on extra horsepower openers (I guess provided you have a
fairly normal sized door) if your opener and door were set up correctly. He gave a
thumbs up to belt drive units and a thumbs down to Genie screw drive (it is a screw
drive that they offer, correct?) He didn't like Genie in particular in all models,
especially the screw drive models, citing noise developing on these as they aged.

Hope this helps,

Danny

"G. Morgan" wrote:



On 21 Oct 2004 01:12:38 GMT "Krystonia5"
used 22 lines of text to write in newsgroup: alt.home.repair



A couple of days ago, the door started not shutting all the way. The first day
it left a 1" gap, then the 2nd day about 2". On the 3rd day, when I was
closing it, it only closed half way and then opened again, and it opened beyond
the stop and the door actually hit the drive mechanism but I stopped it before
it damaged the door. Can this type of problem be a simple re-calibration
problem? I doubt it, and i'm afraid i'll damage the door or cause an unsafe
situation if i just try to mess with it until it "seems" to work.


Those Stanley operators are junk. The tube rail was a bad idea then,
and still is. The best opener is made by Chamberlain (lift-Master,
Craftsman). The Lift-Master is preferable because it has a one piece
rail.

It sounds like the limit mechanism in your Stanley is toast.

-Graham

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Hmmm,
My screw drive opener is 11 years old and still going strong. Never
needed repair.
Just spraying liquid wrench on the drive screw twice a year.
Tony