Jammed or obstructed track.
Garage door jammed open.
Your jammed garage door can be caused by something as simple as an obstruction in the track.
Lodged garage door track.
When you know there is no damage to the door you can close the garage door by disconnecting the door from the electric opener.
Your garage door works because the garage door opener unwinds or winds the torsion springs pulling or pushing the garage door with rollers along a track.
If there is something in one of the tracks obstructing the free movement of the rollers the garage door can stick open.
Here are some things to try as you troubleshoot a jammed garage door.
An electric garage door can become stuck in the open position for several reasons.
Here are the five different garage door items you should inspect that could be triggering your jammed garage door and their possible fixes.
Check for an obstruction.
Garage door will only open if we hold the button down.
If you wake up to find a jammed door there are a number of things you can try to get it unstuck.
My garage door won t open or close the motor runs and the shaft turns bur doesn t engage the chain.
Mecael on march 17 2017.
Nothing s quite as frustrating as having a garage door and opener that just won t work.
It opens and closes manually.
How to fix a jammed garage door.