Stanley Garage Door Opener Question

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I have a 12 year old Stanley Garage Door Opener. My Chain Got a bit slack and my daughter left her bike under the door. When the door was lowering it hit the bike and the chain popped off and spun. I have put the chain back on and taken up the slack. The door is down. When I try to raise it it tries to push the door down and disengages the chain. Are the any Garage Door Experts out there?

BTW there are two knobs on the bottom of the head unit that say up and down. I am not sure what these are for. I also no longer have the manual.

Thanks
 
Hi Professor,
No not an expert. Have had electric door openers for 30-35 years.
My experience is that because the coil spring that is under tension to make the door open easier or less easy, can be a real dangerous concern to tighten or loosen, I call the local garage door company to work on the mechanism.

I can deal with a ground or cut knuckle as a knifemaker. I can deal with a hook in my shoulder or neck when flyfishing. I can deal with sticking a 2/0 hook point in my finger when tying a bass bug.
But I've seen that spring let loose whe a "pro" was resetting the tension. He wasn't hurt. I'd probably have broken fingers, or a hand or a forearm.
It is worth it to have a "pro" come out and adjust/fix it for you. IMHO.
12 years before a service call is pretty doggone good.
Sounds like the chain needs to be readjusted so the run and turnoff point are back where they ought to be to run up and run the door down to match the location of the door when fully open and fully closed there is a cutoff/turnon link in the chain that needs to be positioned to match up with the location of the door up and down ....and you may need the spring adjusted for tension as well....maybe...
My $0.02 worth of advise.
 
I'm no expert either but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night and if Fraps doesn't have it nailed you could've fooled me.......:cool:
 
Stanley is no longer in the garage door opener business. If parts are needed, they might be unavailable. Best advise is to call a pro.
 
Good advice about the spring. Those things are under tremendous tension and can be very dangerous if released uncontrolled. Safely adjusting the spring requires special tools.

The two adjustments labeled "up" and "down" set when the door stops going up and down respectivly. You shouldn't have to adjust those. But your symptoms make it sound as if the down one needs adjusting.

As I recall, Stanley never made garage door openers; theirs were made by Clopay under the Stanley name. If you went to their websites and looked at the manuals for their chain-drive units, you might get some insights.
 
I'd unlatch the carrier and manually raise and lower the door to get an idea of the start and stop point of that pull bar that rides on the track. Then run the opener unlatched to figure out how far you have to shift the chain on the spocket to get it to line back up with the travel of the door. I'd save the up and down force and travel adjustments for way at the end only if you need it.
Good luck, and just get a new one if you need to, Craig
 
Thanks Cden. This worked out well. I am moving in the next month so I would rather not put a new one in. Thank to all who responded.
 
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