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Garage door only opens partway then stios.
The door should open and close easily and it should stay partway open as well as fully closed and fully open while not attached to the opener.
Then i go up to the door and when i press the button i use my hand to gently give the door a push and it goes all the way up.
Quite often the cause of your door s malfunction is an improperly set garage door limit.
You might need to consider replacing it if your door is not working properly or you may purchase a new opener.
If your garage door is closing fully and then reversing to open again then it may be due to a problem with the close limit switch.
Some older garage door openers do not have nicely labeled adjustment screws for force and travel limits.
In order to fix this you ll want to make small changes to the close limit setting until the door opener knows to stop once the door has reached the floor.
A garage door that only opens halfway becomes a nuisance for many reasons.
The logic board receives and responds signals to any remote.
Depending on how old your garage door opener is you may want to replace it if it s old.
This indicates that the springs torsion springs in the case of the photo above are working properly and are not the issue.
There are sensors of course that tell the door when to stop so i tried cleaning those and the problem went away.
A faulty logic board could also be a reason your garage door opens then stops.
On the other hand if your opener is fairly new you may want to call a professional.
If the garage door connected to your liftmaster opener only opens part of the way or it begins to open but then reverses check the track and the surrounding area for any objects that may obstruct.
I then press the button to lower it back down.
This board electrically controls your garage door and will fail if it shorts out.
The garage door can be operated manually by disconnecting the garage door opener from the door using the red pull cord.
When i press the button to open my garage door it goes up but then stops after it raises about a foot or so.
If your garage door opens and suddenly stops it might be because of your logic board.
If the door is working properly it should be easy to lift by hand.
