Recent content by Thatisuzuguy

Well... It JUST BARELY fit. I had to slide the shaft of the door next to it all the way to one side, so it was flush against the bearing plate. That hasn't caused any problems so far, but I will be keeping my eye on it. Also had to notch the uni strut a little for that door. Again, I'll be...

Well, I stopped at princess auto a couple days ago and got some sprockets and chain, so I'll try to mount it in between the 2 doors. Tonight I'm gonna bite the bullet and get the opener. At the very least, if all else fails, I can install the unit on my farthest door normally as that one has...

I had seen those little extension assemblies, in my case I think I would need one longer than I've seen for sale

I had thought of that, my concern is that I'm not sure if I'd have the room to mount the opener completely above the shaft without having to cut a hole in the ceiling, which id like to avoid if possible. I don't know how tall the unit is, purely from looking at pictures it looks too tall. I have...

Hello all. To the point, is there any reason I can't mount a side mount garage door opener (liftmaster 8500) inline in the middle of the torsion bar for my garage door? My situation is; I've got a 3 car garage with 3 single doors, so every bay has an overhead opener in the center of it, which...

Hello all. I'm David from BC, first time home owner lucky enough to find a place with a 3 car garage in my budget. I'm a gearhead and my garage is currently filled with a fiberglass boat resto project, 7 or 8 (maybe 9) motorcycles and motorcycle projects between my wife and I, a couple project...