Liftmaster Garage Door Down Force Adjustment

Try opening the garage door with the remote and see what happens.

Liftmaster garage door down force adjustment.

Limit adjustment settings regulate the points at which the door will stop when moving up or down. A garage door opener with an improperly adjusted closing force can damage the door or worse injure a child or pet that accidentally walks under the door. Adjusting these dials alters how far the garage door travels while closing and how much force in kilograms the motor uses. The travel distance limit setting and the downward force limit setting.

This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door. This video demonstrates how to adjust travel limits on a liftmaster garage door opener with manual adjustment controls. Reverse by itself without grasping the bottom of the garage door then increase the down close force by turning the adjustment screw clockwise. There are two types of adjustable down limit on liftmaster garage openers.

Changes are necessary if the door reverses during closing moves with too. Once the down close force adjustment is set you will set the up open force limit. Now press the remote control. Make small adjustments at a time to the force limits retesting after each adjustment.

These steps should fix. This is for models with manual adjustment screws. This will cause the trolley to move into position and reconnect to the garage door.