idrive owner needs help

[AlJ]

My idrive open will no longer work. If I disengage the motor, can I still use it as a torsion tube and install a common opener that hangs from the ceiling and connects to the header above the with some sort of travk?

 

[pattenp]

I use to have the idrive. From memory I don't know why a regular ceiling mounted opener would not work. I assume the door lifts manually by hand with ease with the idrive motor disconnected?

 

[manwithtools]

Don't the iDrive equipped doors lack a reinforced point to attach the opener arm to in the center of the top panel? I seem to recall that vaguely.

 

[Skooterj]

Don't the iDrive equipped doors lack a reinforced point to attach the opener arm to in the center of the top panel? I seem to recall that vaguely.

You can buy a reinforcement bracket. If I remember correctly, the torsion bar in the iDrive has the spring internally. So, if you can disengage the iDrive and open it by hand, a traditional opener should work.