Garage Door Opener Died



Question:
I did take the cover off the unit and immediately saw "Motor Starting Capacitor"...hitting the switch at times makes a clicking sound, I think coming from this device, and other times not...could this capacitor be the problem??

Answer:
First off, forgive me for not knowing what a 1055 is. Does this operator have a name, or just a numeric designation (legacy, python, overdrive, (maybe a 1000 ss) etc...)? How old is the unit? Motors don't usually just Die. If the units designation is numeric, change the starting capacitor first. That could easily make one "grunt" and then die. If it's got a "name", we'll need to know what it is before any speculation is done. As far as a replacement goes... You can't really go wrong with a chain drive. The screw drive "excellerator/overdrive" is kind of "iffy" in my book (a normal screw drive is fine, but messy) and you do not want a chain pusher ("python/chain glyde").





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