When i say manually open i mean that i pull the rope to dislodge the electric opener.
How to hold a garage door if wont stay up.
Slowly close your door about halfway and release it.
Release your hold on the door and see if it stays up all the way.
Ideally the door should slowly float up from this point.
Adjusting the limit travel setting.
There can be a few reasons as to why your garage door won t stay closed and by doing some snooping and checking a few parts of the garage door system you ll be able to see what s really going on.
Door won t stay open.
When i push the remote in my vehicle to close the garage door it will close and remain closed for about a second and then it will open up again.
The most common reason as to why a garage door won t stay closed is that the limit settings are off.
Hold the garage door and remove the vise grips from the track after the spring tension has been adjusted.
Then i manually push the door up all the way.
There is no problem using with the electric opener.
Then i let go and the door slides down by about couple of feet.
Having a door which won t stay open or which droops when at the height of its lift can be troublesome.