If your garage door opens ok but won t close then it s possible the safety reversing sensors are not correctly aligned.
Garage door clicks but doesn t close.
If anything interrupts this beam of light the garage door will not close and the ceiling light on the opener mechanism will flash as mentioned in the previous step.
If your garage door opener clicks and doesn t move the door.
The majority of garage doors manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with this safety feature.
If your garage door opener has this symptom watch this video to learn why.
This is of course a safety feature to prevent the heavy garage door crushing anyone or anything that might be in the pathway of the door when it comes down.
Worn out garage.
The photo eye components consist of two pieces that align face to face across each side of the garage door roughly four feet above the ground.
If it is a genie then the plastic adapter between the motor and the screw is stripped.
The garage door opener may be making clicking noises as a result of the security lock.
Discharge the capacitor using a screwdriver.
Clicking noise on my garage door opener security lock override.
You have a circuit board issue.
This problem bugged me for several months.
Hopefully after you read this you won t have the same problem in the future.
Don t just assume that if the path is clear that the sensors are ok.
If your garage door won t close all the way the problem could be due to a blocked photo eye.
If you want to move the garage door down connect only the blue wire to direct power.
Does your overhead door garage door opener just click when trying to operate it.
If so and it is a chamberlain sears or liftmaster then the gear assembly inside is damaged.
Disconnect the logic board completely from the garage door openor assembly to avoid burning it.