I have a craftsman 1 2 hp garage door opener.
Garage door moves 6 inches and reverses.
It just doesn t make sense.
Check for binding or obstructions.
How to fix a garage door that keeps reversing.
Open and close the door manually.
When this sensor goes bad the door will start down a few inches and the logic board will not receive the electronic pulses and it will reverse just like yours is doing.
Remember that sometimes a garage door opener can increase the binding in a door just because of the way it pushes the door down.
The door doesn t even make it down far enough to hit the sensor.
Check also wiring connections at the travel module and at the logic board.
The garage door moves 6 8 inches stops and reverses.
Open and close the door manually.
Replace logic board if necessary.
No movement only a single click.
When the door hits something the logic board doesn t receive the pulses sent by the sensor and it reverses.
You push the button to close the garage door.
Ever notice how it is easier to pull a wagon over a curb than it is to push it.
Photo eyes or safety sensors are mounted to the track on either side of the garage door about 6 inches up from the ground.
So i don t think it s a sensor problem.
It will make troubleshooting later much easier.
The photo eyes send an infrared beam across the bottom of your garage door opening if that beam is broken the door will reverse.
The lights are not blinking too.
In fact you really should read the entire garage door repair article.
This is almost always the result of a.
My garage door opens 6 inches and then stops and reverses in the opposite direction.
Check for binding or obstructions.
The sensors are fine with a green yellow light on.
Garage door only travels a little way and then reverses does your garage door only travel a little way 6 inches or so and then reverse.