My garage door opener has decided to act weird. For some reason,
it won't close. Keeps reversing itself right away. Works fine going up
and will close if I keep pushing the button all the way down. I looked
at the usual suspects (something tripping the electric eye, something
getting caught so it thinks it is obstructed) and found no likely
concerns.
The person who originally put the garage door and opener in (two
owners ago) did not put in the opener reinforcement kit, which I just
completed doing when the problem came up. Anything that maybe I could
adjust? Could it be the new angle of the arm that connects the door to
the opener is causing some sort of problem?
Suggestions.

With most garage door openers, if it hits an obstruction (or THINKS it
hit an obstruction) and goes back up, the inside light flashes on and
off for a few minutes. Does this happen? That could be a clue to what's
going on....

B.S.

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wrote:

With most garage door openers, if it hits an obstruction (or THINKS it
hit an obstruction) and goes back up, the inside light flashes on and
off for a few minutes. Does this happen? That could be a clue to what's
going on....

B.S.

Nope.

Kurt Ullman wrote:
My garage door opener has decided to act weird. For some reason,
it won't close. Keeps reversing itself right away. Works fine going up
and will close if I keep pushing the button all the way down. I looked
at the usual suspects (something tripping the electric eye, something
getting caught so it thinks it is obstructed) and found no likely
concerns.
The person who originally put the garage door and opener in (two
owners ago) did not put in the opener reinforcement kit, which I just
completed doing when the problem came up. Anything that maybe I could
adjust? Could it be the new angle of the arm that connects the door to
the opener is causing some sort of problem?
Suggestions.

Might help to give the brand and model.

"The person who originally put the garage door and opener in (two
owners ago) did not put in the opener reinforcement kit, which I just
completed doing when the problem came up. Anything that maybe I could
adjust? Could it be the new angle of the arm that connects the door to
the opener is causing some sort of problem?
Suggestions. "


It's gonna be hard to diagnose this without seeing it. For one, it's
unclear exactly what the "opener reinforcement kit" is that you just
installed. But obviously that changed something.

In article .com,
wrote:

"The person who originally put the garage door and opener in (two
owners ago) did not put in the opener reinforcement kit, which I just
completed doing when the problem came up. Anything that maybe I could
adjust? Could it be the new angle of the arm that connects the door to
the opener is causing some sort of problem?
Suggestions. "


It's gonna be hard to diagnose this without seeing it. For one, it's
unclear exactly what the "opener reinforcement kit" is that you just
installed. But obviously that changed something.

It was a kit that had a much heavier piece of metal (the "standard
issue" was tin foil-G)that was bolted on between the top crosspiece and
the top two screws of the first hinge on the top panel.

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

"The person who originally put the garage door and opener in (two
owners ago) did not put in the opener reinforcement kit, which I just
completed doing when the problem came up. Anything that maybe I could
adjust? Could it be the new angle of the arm that connects the door to
the opener is causing some sort of problem?
Suggestions. "


It's gonna be hard to diagnose this without seeing it. For one, it's
unclear exactly what the "opener reinforcement kit" is that you just
installed. But obviously that changed something.

It was a kit that had a much heavier piece of metal (the "standard
issue" was tin foil-G)that was bolted on between the top crosspiece and
the top two screws of the first hinge on the top panel.
Heavy enough to require tightening the springs a bit?

In article ,
Stubby wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

"The person who originally put the garage door and opener in (two
owners ago) did not put in the opener reinforcement kit, which I just
completed doing when the problem came up. Anything that maybe I could
adjust? Could it be the new angle of the arm that connects the door to
the opener is causing some sort of problem?
Suggestions. "


It's gonna be hard to diagnose this without seeing it. For one, it's
unclear exactly what the "opener reinforcement kit" is that you just
installed. But obviously that changed something.

It was a kit that had a much heavier piece of metal (the "standard
issue" was tin foil-G)that was bolted on between the top crosspiece and
the top two screws of the first hinge on the top panel.
Heavy enough to require tightening the springs a bit?
I wouldn't think so. It wasn't more than 1 lb if that. Just a
real (as opposed to aluminium) steel flange about foot tall and maybe 5
inches across. Would that cause the automatic door opener to "stutter"?
Rolled up and down by hand with no discernable difference.