I have a Genie 2042 belt drive garage door opener. I noticed the belt was bulging out (shown in photo below) only when the door was closing. I tightened the belt, which seemed to fix the bulge, but now the carriage seems to make a snapping noise every time I close the garage door. Any ideas what this could be? Thanks
Not quite sure but I'd imagine it might be due to the weight of the door.
I would disconnect the door from the opener and see if it opens and closes easily or is excessively heavy or maybe sticking.
I checked the garage door balance and it seemed okay. I checked the manual and noticed that the garage door arm position in the manual didn't match where mine was so I adjusted it to 50 degrees as shown in the image below. That seems to have fixed the snapping noise I hear when the door closes.
Just a follow up. The snapping noise came back even after adjusting the door arm. I found that one of the door rollers one the bottom of the door was seized. So every time the door opened or closed it was dragging or pushing the seized roller. After replacing it, no more issues.
My garage torsion springs have been more than 10 years. I open/close 6x daily for the first 5 years. Since the pandemic, I only open/close it 6x a week, instead of daily.
Today, I was checking if my torsion springs are still in good condition or is it time for replacement. I did the "half door hang" check by unlatching the lock from the garage lift and leave the door half way from the ground to check the balance. Leaving it half way, it wants to go up very strongly. It only hangs when I leave it 1/4 from the ground, instead of 1/2.
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[*]Does this mean the springs are still good?
[*]Does this mean I should have someone balance it so that it is at the half way mark? Right now, the springs seems to be winded tight for the reason why the garage door wants to go up at the half way mark.
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This unit uses the Part #27504R sequencer board, which is no longer available. It controls the motor. I traced the trouble on the board to the middle relay that controls UP drive. The Song Chuan 833H-1C-C-24VDC (SPDT) is a direct replacement for this blue UP drive relay and is used on the newer model boards. It is available from mouser.com for $1.50 each + $8 shipping. I replaced all of the relays (UP, DOWN & LAMP) when doing that one, because they were all functionally identical and the same age. The other two had different base terminal arrangements, so I had to run short wires to connect the relay pins to the correct terminals on the board. Working OK now. (Must have soldering skills and some electronics background to make this repair.)
05-19-22, 11:43 AM
