Stripped Plastic Gears Chamberlin Liftmaster or Craftsman Garage Door Opener San Diego

This is a short clip showing a stripped gear inside a Chamberlin liftmaster. You can usually tell your gear is stripped in your Liftmaster or Craftsman motor if you hit the remote control or push button and the motor is turning but your door won't go up. This is usually caused by a door that is improperly balanced. A heavy door will wear out your gears.....every time I run into this situation its usually a heavy door. So the remedy for this is to replace the gears.....there are 2 major plastic gears inside the smaller one never looks stripped but it should be replaced anyway. This repair is cheaper than buying a new motor. The best way to avoid this happening is by making sure your garage door is balanced properly. You can do this by disengaging the garage door from the motor and lifting it. If your door is a steel sectional it should lift easily and it should not fall down or fly up if you let go of it. It should stay where right where you leave it. If you have a 1-piece wood door (with the springs on the side) you should be able to lift the door to about waist height and the door should remain at that height when you let go. 1-piece wood garage doors will tend to go up themselves after waist height or a little higher.
So if your garage door is really heavy you should have the torsion Springs or the 1-piece springs adjusted.

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• diego
• garage
• door
• repair
• craftsman
• chamberlin
• liftmaster
• gear
• stripped

[Bkilbride24]

7-35 dollar part and about 45 min to an hour depending on your tool skills! It is a 1/4 inch and 5/16 in nut driver and open ended wrenches! Take off 3 bolts and a couple of clips holding the gears on , unplug 3 sets of wires off the back and reverse the process to get the new gear on! Tadaaa that easy!

[9ways2skin1cat]

for a good how to fix yourself across the usa check my how to replace gear kit.

[LTF85199]

@geek21967 Thank you i am sure I much needed that tip.

[geek21967]

if anybody else gets this problem like me, buy the shaft, not just the gear. the pins on the shaft are extremely hard to get out. the shaft just comes with it all preassembled. then all you have to do is switch them out. i learned this the hard way

[nyvmj]

How to change the stripped gear in a Sears, Craftsman, Liftmaster garage door opener see

tinyurl"dot"com/gearfix

[crowman282000]

Nice, now show how to replace it....

[JustinRybicki5149]

@nixpixmusic I have no clue

[nixpixmusic]

@JustinRybicki5149

Is there directions to replace the big gear

[stuntinwithstunts]

fuk off !!

[JustinRybicki5149]

wtf