Garage Door Chain Sprocket Broke

This is a video on how to change the gear sprockets in a craftsman garage door opener.

Garage door chain sprocket broke.

This was a craftsman model 139 53976srt. This gear set worked great and replaced a broken one in my 2002 1 2 hp chamberlain liftmaster yesterday. This diy repair guide explains how to replace the gear and sprocket assembly on a chain drive garage door opener. If the gear and sprocket assembly breaks the motor runs but the door won t move.

Over time though this slack can increase or the gear and sprocket assembly can wear and the chain may pop off the sprockets. Your garage door opener has a gear and sprocket that will eventually fail. The bag said it was an oem piece. This can be easily replaced by a garage door service technician.

Chain driven garage door openers should have some slack in the chain for optimal performance. It wasn t listed for the same model but after looking online it seems that most garage door openers made after 1984 use the same sprocket assembly. Chain drive garage door openers have a sprocket that is attached at the top of the motor. Located at the top of the motor unit the gear and sprocket assembly drives the chain that opens and closes the garage door.

You can put the chain back on your automatic garage door opener using a simple adjustment mechanism. One of the most common repairs on a liftmaster garage door opener is a broken gear sprocket. The gear and sprocket assembly is inside the cover of the garage door opener motor. Over time the sprocket s teeth can wear and the chain may jump or skip when the opener raises the door.

After several years the garage door springs become weaker causing more stress on this particular part causing it to fail and wear out. The most common cause of a chain being loose and appearing broken is a broken gear and sprocket.