Garage Door Opener Starts Then Reverses

There may be two nuts on one track.

Garage door opener starts then reverses.

This happens from both the read more. It goes partway down reverses direction and goes back up again. Reverses on its own. By wade shaddy updated december 19 2018 you push the button to close the garage door.

Photo eyes or safety sensors are mounted to the track on either side of the garage door about 6 inches up from the ground. This is almost always the result of a dirty. The photo eyes send an infrared beam across the bottom of your garage door opening if that beam is broken the door will reverse. However if the door travels all the way closed and then reverses look to the 2 nd 3 rd possible causes.

One for the opening limit and one for the closing limit. When the opener is activated the screw rotates causing the nut to move until it reaches the switch. The 2 nd cause is the closing force could be set too light and the normal tension of the closed position exceeds what the door believes to be allowable tension.