Garage door fun: manually releasing garage door from the "up" position...

[miguel]

Open the hatch on your car and just back out

Happily they were outside!

 

[WebSnyper]

Not sure where you are located, but if in the Indy area, this guy is the man for all things garage door related ... View Profile: marcweid - INGunOwners
He's in Avon. Looks like he hasn't been on INGO for a few months, but he did a great job on a couple of garage door related items for me.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

Yeah if springs are adjusted it shouldn't move down unless maybe about halfway already, and even then it should be slow. You should be able to manually open and close the door on your own.

I have a screw drive, and after about 4-5 years the carriage strips out and have to buy a new one despite greasing it twice a year. But this is good. carriages are cheap... new screw drives are not.

 

[printcraft]

Open the hatch on your car and just back out

Backing my old truck out of the garage with the topper rear window open was pretty exciting....

 

[hoosierdoc]

Backing my old truck out of the garage with the topper rear window open was pretty exciting....

I did it with my minivan gate open. I was mad and in a rush. D'oh

 

[RobbyMaQ]

Y'all need higher clearance Clarence. MPV backs out with tailgate up and 1" to spare

 

[actaeon277]

Springs are solid, recently replaced, but that is good to know! The gear inside the unit is shredded, like the one in the video I posted.

Mine also got shredded. It was just age. That plastic gear is the designed weak point. Something will break. Design a part to be that failure. Otherwise, worse - more expensive stuff fail.

 

[Rookie]

Y'all need higher clearance Clarence. MPV backs out with tailgate up and 1" to spare

I used to have to let the air out of my tires to get my jeep out of my garage. Obviously, it was a trailer queen.

 

[actaeon277]

Y'all need higher clearance Clarence. MPV backs out with tailgate up and 1" to spare

I made the mistake of pulling out of the garage while I had the rear hatch open on my Ford Escape. Oops.

 

[Tactically Fat]

I did it with my minivan gate open. I was mad and in a rush. D'oh

My wife did something similar... But the gate was closed all the way. The Garage door just wasn't quite open all the way.

The third taillight on the van hasn't worked since then - and it's way too involved of a job for me to tackle it myself.

You should ask her about the crack in the red lens next time you're over. heh