Keep the rollers and chain lubricated on your garage door.
Setting garage door to manually opening.
This disengages the electric drive from the door and you can manually open and close it.
To reset it begin by pulling the cord in the opposite direction.
Keep your owner s manual on hand.
It should click in place.
To reattach your garage door to opener system you ll pull the emergency release cord down and towards the opener.
To manually open most garage doors you simply pull a corded handle that is attached to the door.
Diagram of garage door engaged and disengaged to screw drive opener system.
To locate the bypass switch look for a red rope hanging down from your garage mechanisms.
Consult it first before tinkering with your door.
It makes the door operate quiet and makes the chain and all.
Place a stepladder beneath the box portion of the garage door opener.
This emergency release cord will be attached to the trolley in the center of the garage door.
This will reengage the door to the opener system and now the only way to open and close your garage door would be with the power of your opener unit.