Liftmaster Garage Door Down Force Adjustment

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.

Liftmaster garage door down force adjustment.

Once the down close force adjustment is set you will set the up open force limit. These steps should fix. For more information about the liftma. Make small adjustments at a time to the force limits retesting after each adjustment.

To reconnect the garage door to your liftmaster garage door opener manually close the garage door pull the emergency release handle down. Now press the remote control. This will cause the trolley to move into position and reconnect to the garage door. There are two types of adjustable down limit on liftmaster garage openers.

Adjusting these dials alters how far the garage door travels while closing and how much force in kilograms the motor uses. Limit adjustment settings regulate the points at which the door will stop when moving up or down. This is for models with manual adjustment screws. Reverse by itself without grasping the bottom of the garage door then increase the down close force by turning the adjustment screw clockwise.

This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door. The travel distance limit setting and the downward force limit setting. Changes are necessary if the door reverses during closing moves with too.