Oiling Garage Door Opener Chain

So start by tightening the chain find the procedure in your owner s manual.

Oiling garage door opener chain.

It is also recommended that the trolley and rails the trolley ride on be lightly lubricated with a quality garage door grease. Whether your garage door opens manually or via an electric garage door opener it contains metal parts that require oiling or lubricating occasionally. There s two parts to lubricating the garage door rollers. Once you re done lubricating the lock finish lubricating your garage door by spraying the grease on the large armbar at the top of your door.

A squeaky garage door is a hassle and over the years things will just get worse. To lubricate the metal shaft spray some grease at the edge of both sides of the bracket as shown below. Clean the old grease from the garage door opener s chain gear and chain guard using a rag. Lubricating the lock will make locking your garage door easier and can prevent rust in the long run.

Point the lubricant towards the lock s keyhole and spray it once to lubricate it. Do not spray the cable drums for torsion springs. Spray the length of each spring liberally with the silicone lubricating spray. A loose garage door opener chain makes loud slapping sounds and causes jerky door movements that smack the rollers against the track.

Most screw drive garage door openers do require regular lubrication. Lubricating the door springs chains rollers. The chain gear which is under the opener s chain guard pulls the chain back and forth across the chain s track. Use quality garage door grease to lubricate the chain and sprocket on chain drive systems to the screw on screw drive system and to the lubrication points recommended on a belt drive system.

While some garage door openers boast that they are maintenance free even chain drive units that don t call for lubrication require regular lubrication of the garage door s moving parts. Automatic garage door opener units need maintenance including lubricating the chain. Periodic maintenance of a liftmaster chain driven garage door opener includes lubricating the chain and greasing the chain rail. Set up a stepladder under the front torsion springs if your door has springs on a torsion bar above the door.

Open and close the garage door to work the silicone into the spring. Replace the chain guard. If you have a track drive opener the next step is to lubricate the opener track with grease.