Turn it counterclockwise holding the other nut in your hand to prevent it from turning.
Tighten up garage door chain.
Do not over tighten the chain.
Before you start working you need to take some safety.
Open the garage door and find the trolley on the opener rail.
Divide that measurement in half.
Then use the wrench to tighten this second nut clockwise until the chain is tighter but not so taut that it is completely inflexible.
Adjust it tight enough so that the center of the chain sags about 1 2 down from parallel with the track graphic below right.
Watch this video and see the professional at town country door llc demonstrates the.
Adjust the chain on a garage door opener with help from a garage door spec.
Measure the length of the garage door opener rails from the garage door to the motor.
This will cause premature wear on the chain rollers.
You loosen the locking inner nut and turn the outer nut clockwise to adjust the excess slack from the chain.
How to make a chain tighter on a garage door 1.
The chain is a very important component that makes up a garage door opener system.
After close examination we found the chain was off track.
A sagging chain is a result of normal usage of the garage door opener.
Using your wrench you can start to loosen up the adjusting nut on the side of your carriage closest to the opener head.
Climb up on a stepladder and take a look at the trolley assembly.
The reason the chain went off track was because the chain.
Disconnect the power supply and disengage the opener.
Garage door didn t open in the morning.