Adjust the travel.
Garage door cannot open fully.
If your garage door is not balanced right it won t go up or down all the way.
Use a screwdriver to tighten the wire.
You should now be able to move the door up and down by hand.
Why your garage door won t fully open safety first.
Shut off the power to the garage door opener.
Perhaps the greatest cause of a garage door that will not open all the way up is a lack of.
As you open the door look for any signs of resistance or obstruction.
When the door is fully open use a mallet to lightly tap the bent side of the track back into alignment.
The door should then lower easily and you can reconnect the opener.
To check the balance pull the emergency release cord or chain to disconnect the door.
When your garage door won t fully open start by closing it fully and then pulling the emergency release handle down and back toward the trolley to disengage the automatic opener.
With the door closed and disengaged from the opener manually lift the garage door.
From here lift the garage door by hand about 3 feet above the ground and then release the door and see were it lands.
In this case call a service company to replace the spring s.
Test the door s balance.
Turn the power back on and the door should open and close normally.
If the door is very heavy then you have a spring that is broken or that has failed.