Side Mount Garage Door Opener Needed



Question:
My 20+ year old side mount garage door opener (Overhead Door model 100) has died. Called about 6 local dealers, none of them will do work on a side mount opener (cross beam in garage requires mounting the opener on the side (bicycle chain sprocket located on torsion bar). There is one dealer who only does side mounts because of his patented gizmo, but he is very proud of it at $650 a job (including the opener). All the others can do a "normal" over head job for under $300 (including the opener). I know all the bla bla about the law change a few years ago and agree that the things need to be safe. But "if we can put a man on the moon, why cann't we ..." ... make a side mount door opener? If you have been down this path before, would love to hear your solution.

Answer:
You may be able to work around the cross beam by using an extension between the arm on the opener and the arm attached to the door. I have an eight foot piece of conduit ( flattened at each end and drilled to mate with the arm holes) so that my opener is set back eight foot from the door.





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