How To Adjust Liftmaster Garage Door Sensors

Worst case buy new sensors they are commonly sold separately.

How to adjust liftmaster garage door sensors.

For more on garages. If the photo eye senses an obstruction it stops the door from closing and. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor.

That happened to me. The motor has much torque and if it is old the rubber mount may be cracked. Lower is easy to stand above with a foot on either side. How to adjust a photo eye on a garage door.

For the door to close correctly without reversing the safety sensors need to be aligned perfectly and there should be nothing in the way of the light beam. If so the motor rotate slightly in the case and tears the cabling and connectors. The photo eye of an automatic opening garage door is a safety feature. This video will show you how to align the safety reversing sensors on your garage door opener.

If your garage door sensors are outside of this range remove them entirely from the garage door frame and install leveled inside the safe zone. Proper height for a garage door sensor is 4 to 6 inches 10 2 to 15 2 cm. To prevent the garage door from injuring someone in the door or damaging an item in the way of the door all models of liftmaster garage door openers come installed with a safety sensor. Another reason for flashing light is the motor position sensor and it s printed circuit board.

Higher than that can miss many low lying objects including pets. Watch this video to see how the pro s do it.