Garage Door Hear Click And Not Open

Many garage doors have a powerful torsion spring located horizontally above the door.

Garage door hear click and not open.

A faulty circuit board will cause the garage door opener to make clicking sounds. When the door is lowered the spring winds up tightly creating a pulling force that helps lift the door up. This will determine if the issue is connected to the door itself or the opener. Usually located towards the front of your garage the manual release is that brightly colored cord hanging down within easy reach.

The opener motor is fine but the shaft doesn t turn. In this video i ll show you the issue with a garage door opener that makes noise but won t move. Detach the opener by pulling the emergency handle downward. If it is a genie then the plastic adapter between the motor and the screw is stripped.

If so and it is a chamberlain sears or liftmaster then the gear assembly inside is damaged. If you click your remote and hear the garage door opener s motor running but the door won t open the first thing you should do is check to see that the manual release isn t engaged. Also the opener may work sometimes but on other occasions it does not respond. Can t forcibly move drive chain either.

Without any warning the garage door will not open. Turn the power back on and the door should open and close normally. Use a screwdriver to tighten the wire. A power outage or surge particularly one that results from a storm may either cause a temporary malfunction or permanently damage the circuit board.

The next step is to attempt to open your garage door manually. You can hear a click like relay is picking up and light comes on so elec connection is fine. Shut off the power to the garage door opener.