Modify Garage Door Opener

If you can see something that looks like a bicycle chain near the motor unit of your opener consider replacing it with a screw driver or belt drive garage door opener.

Modify garage door opener.

Even a newer model chain drive unit will likely be quieter than an older model but screw drives are noticeably quieter and belt drives are the quietest of all. Look for a button that says learn and hold that down until the light starts blinking. Garage doors with a keypad place a ladder beneath the garage door s motor unit to reach the unit. Unplug the existing garage door opener.

Please subscribe to my new channel handy homeowner dedicated to how to videos like this one. Place the opener on a ladder and use scrap lumber to get it at the height you need. First you ll want to open the access panel on the backside of your garage door opener. Align the opener s rail with the center of the garage door.

Follow the manufacturer s instructions to assemble the opener and mount the rail to the header bracket above the door. Install the bracket that comes with the garage door opener over the garage door using the screw gun. Now you ve reset your door codes and your remotes should not work. Use the open ended adjustable wrench to loosen the bracket and remove the bracket on the door and the bracket above the door.

Push the learn button on the motor again so its light comes on again. Press the learn button located on the side of the motor and hold it down.