Oiling Garage Door Opener Chain

Lubricating the lock will make locking your garage door easier and can prevent rust in the long run.

Oiling garage door opener chain.

Whether your garage door opens manually or via an electric garage door opener it contains metal parts that require oiling or lubricating occasionally. Automatic garage door opener units need maintenance including lubricating the chain. A squeaky garage door is a hassle and over the years things will just get worse. Point the lubricant towards the lock s keyhole and spray it once to lubricate it.

It gets constant use and that wears down the gears chain and integrity of the door. 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 loose garage door opener chain makes loud slapping sounds and causes jerky door movements that smack the rollers against the track. Spray the length of each spring liberally with the silicone lubricating spray.

The chain gear which is under the opener s chain guard pulls the chain back and forth across the chain s track. So start by tightening the chain find the procedure in your owner s manual. Open and close the garage door to work the silicone into the spring. There s two parts to lubricating the garage door rollers.

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. Replace the chain guard. Set up a stepladder under the front torsion springs if your door has springs on a torsion bar above the door. Clean the old grease from the garage door opener s chain gear and chain guard using a rag.

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. As a homeowner knowing the correct type of lubricant for the chain. Do not spray the cable drums for torsion springs. To lubricate the metal shaft spray some grease at the edge of both sides of the bracket as shown below.

Periodic maintenance of a liftmaster chain driven garage door opener includes lubricating the chain and greasing the chain rail. Most screw drive garage door openers do require regular lubrication. It is also recommended that the trolley and rails the trolley ride on be lightly lubricated with a quality garage door grease.