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I got a replacement hinge #3 from HD. It's a bit longer, so the joint line on the door hinge is a bit off from the joint between the two door sections. Would that still work out fine if the joints are not totally lined up?

Here are some photos: Outside the spot on the horizontal track: Cut inside the track: I used a file and sand paper to smoothen out the inside of the track. Still, you can see the bent spots. I'm also thinking about putting in some new hardware, as the hinges were beaten up when the...

Some questions: my next door neighbor came help push some of the rollers back into the track a while back. He bent the upper track to do that. Now I'm trying to bend the track back into place, I see two things: - some cuts along the bottom of the horizontal track at a spot - as he bent the...

Thanks all. I was able to get a reasonable quote from a garage door service shop to just tighten up the springs. I looked up on youtube there's a tool called SureWinder that helps a lot to tighten up the springs safely without using the long winding bars, but it costs a bit over $700 to...

Long story about the roofer. The crew finished the roof job, got the money and never came back after. Not returning phone calls. I think the spring lost the tension when the cables unraveled while the door was in the opened position. I disengaged the kinked cables, brought down the door...

K I replaced the kinked cable and installed a new cable. The door is in the down position. When I pressed on the opener control the door attempted to move up just very briefly and went down again immediately. I pulled the Liftmaster manual rope to disengage the opener, and tried to pull up...

Thanks. The track was bent a bit. I managed to straighten it somewhat. I'm seeing some ripples along the corners of the lower door panels as well. Just ordered a set of cables -- will see if the garage door opens ok afterward. Hoping I don't have to put in a whole new opener with track... .

A roofing crew came removing old wood shake shingles and installing new roof after. The roofing debris blocked the wheels and the cable unraveled from the drum when the door came down. I took a closer look, and the cable seemed bent somewhat. Is the cable still reusable, or I need to get a...

Quick update: One side of the spring was broke for a while so perhaps the tensions weren't equal. Hired a garage guy and installed new set of springs on the torsion bar. He was surprised I had the Liftmaster almost all installed (I didn't put in the door lock module yet). He put the new...

No drywall on that side of the garage yet so no need to conclude how to run the wires up to the unit. I did run the wire from the sensor that's on the other side away from the unit along (and fastened w/ wire clips) the underside of the edge of the rafters located above the torsion bar, so...

Thx for all the eager help! -- I figured that out when Charles (GA) responded. :lol_hitti Onto figuring out how to do the actual wiring, I talked to a HD guy and he said that the wires going down from the main panel were probably rerouting back up to the attic somewhere for the lighting in...

Install Liftmaster 3800 - wiring door sensors Talked to the LiftMaster tech support and the lady said that 1/2" gap between the unit and the drum was not a problem -- mainly there's enough of the torsion bar in the unit. So I added a 2"x4" board behind to strengthen the support and drilled two...

Thx for clarifying. Perhaps I don't need to worry about swapping out the panel yet right now as I won't be using that two high amp circuits now so there's no immediate concern of overload. I'll chk on the specs on the panel if the parts are ok for 200A, although I recall seeing the spec on...

Current max total load won't go beyond 100A yet, as two high amp (one 30A and one 50A) circuits aren't used at the moment. So for now, even after adding the two 20A circuits and turning all appliances (incl. the two new 20A circuits), the panel won't be overloaded. The thing is, the total...

Have some garage work going, and I am looking into adding two 20 amp lines into the garage. I checked the main electrical panel, and the main breaker has 100A rated. With the additional two 20amp circuit, I think I need to upgrade the 100A main breaker to a 200A main breaker. I checked w/...