Recent content by maljr12

Manually put garage door back up into position it was when I originally pulled manual release. Took a few tugs on the release rope but it went finally went back to where it should be. Door works just fine now. From what I've read in the forum I should probably hold on to the free motor...

Thanks for all the responses, I'll give it a go tonight and let y'all know if anything works.

Hey y'all, I have a Liftmaster 8500 giving me some trouble. It's been in use about 15 months. Previously it wouldn't shut and it just seemed like a force/limit reset was needed. At the time it was late at night and the wife and I had just returned home - I decided to pull the release rope...

Lubricated the tracks, wheels etc and it works perfectly. Thanks for all the advice y'all, I'll be referencing this post often to continue maintaining the doors properly. Greatly appreciated!

Thanks for the response! I'll see if I notice the panel binding and give that stuff a try.

Relatively new garage owner here - very little experience in working on or troubleshooting these things. I have a Liftmaster 8500 that's been in use a little over a year. A few days ago it started reversing and is giving me the 9 LED blink indicating an issue with the Cable Tension Monitor. When...