Garage Door Opener...slack In Chain.



Question:
Last night when my wife went to close the garage door, the chain popped off of the sprocket. Today, I got it back on the sprocket. But I just had hand surgery, so fixing it one-handed took a long time, and alot of swearing. I never looked before to see how much slack there was. I notice now that there is a couple of inches of slack. How much should there be, and if I have too much, how do I reduce it? I haven't tried the door because if the chain pops off again, I'm gonna lose it.

Answer:
All chain openers have a slack adjustment and it depends on the particular make/model as to how it's done. The two ways I've seen are : a long screw at the motor end that pushes between motor housing and the track basically lengthening the track; the other way is @ where the two ends of the chain join together on the carriage.





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