How To Adjust My Genie Garage Door Opener

Genie garage door openers.

How to adjust my genie garage door opener.

This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door. Check garage door for binding. Twist the open force control to the left to decrease the force used to open your door or to the right to increase the amount of force used. Find the up down button on the keypad located toward the bottom of the device.

If your door doesn t rise at least five feet when it is suppose to be opening hold the bottom of the garage door while it is lowering. If an operational problem exists and the garage door opener will not close the opener can be forced to close. Adjust the open force control to change the amount of force used to open your garage door. Travel limits force control.

Door starts down then stops before it is closed. Set the step ladder under the garage door opener in your garage and use it to access the up and down limit switch adjustment screws located on the side of the garage door opener motor housing. After you ve pressed 357 into the keypad slowly push the up down button until the garage door moves. For a door that doesn t reverse while closing hold the door as it opens to adjust the down force.

Step 2 adjust the force. On the garage door motor there will be two knobs or dials to adjust the opener and the reverse sensor. This will adjust the open force. Professional line dealer installed diy retail.

Check for interference from adjacent photo eye sensors of any brand. Push the up down button 3 times to open the garage door. Adjust the garage door opener mechanism. Refer to the owner s manual to determine which is.