Resetting Garage Door Pull Cord

To reset it begin by pulling the cord in the opposite direction.

Resetting garage door pull cord.

This disengages the electric drive from the door and you can manually open and close it. Manually move the garage door and return to down position. Once you are done maneuvering your garage door and are ready to re engage the automatic door opener please return the garage door back to the down position. Depending on your model you will have to move the chord to the appropriate location.

An emergency release cord on the garage door arm opens the trolley to allow you to disengage the garage door from the opener. You should feel and see the lever attach itself to the automatic door opener. Now you need to pull back on the release cord. The emergency release cord is there to make sure that doesn t happen.

Step 2 will allow you to freely move the garage door open and close. To manually open most garage doors you simply pull a corded handle that is attached to the door. Pull the emergency release cord toward the door. Garage door openers are handy appliances until something goes wrong then they can actually make it harder to open the door.

Once the power is restored to the garage door opener you must.