Garage Door Chain Tension | How To Adjust Your Garage Door Chain

[@daveb4310]

Finally a video that was clear and concise. Your advice worked like a charm. Thanks!

[@FROSTYLIFE]

Fantastic. Thank you. I love helping people and I knew some others would be frustrated by the same thing, so I made a video. Thank you for the very positive comment.

[@sergiovelazquez6400]

Thanks for posting this video! It was super helpful!!!

[@TerrorswellFPV]

Thanks brother this fixed my issue and saved us a repair cost.

[@johnl1108]

Watched, Liked, and tightened my garage door chain in no time at all, Thanks !!!

[@FROSTYLIFE]

Glad to help

[@medge32]

Thank you for this video on the exact model of garage door opener i own. Worked perfectly!

[@lorenzolyfe111]

Learn something new about every day!!! Thanks

[@christineaddison3965]

Thank you! Right to the point and you saved us a lot of money!

[@JamesinAZ]

Very helpful thank you!

[@BlueJammer]

Great video! Thanks very much!

[@ryanragsdale8915]

Great video thank you

[@alexneil9116]

great video, thank you. my chain fell off and just got done fixing it.

[@hectorjdiazg]

you should have used adjustable wrenches, wrenches 13 or 1/2 to maintain the integrity of the bolts.. good video thanks.

[@bobdyer5360]

Perfect! That did it... thank you!!

[@ioma6]

Thank you.

[@blackhole1397]

Thank you!!!

[@lillookc]

What size wrenches for nuts. Also should unhook for from chain.

[@areafortyone]

I over tightened my chain because I thought it was sagging too much and ended up breaking the sprocket off... Now I plan to leave it loose enough but not too loose to where it jumps off of the new sprocket.

[@nofirealarmsallowed]

Thanks

[@HariSeldon913]

My chain has a spring where the chain hooks up that has recently broken. I'm thinking that spring was taking care of the tension before since the chain didn't completely fall off and the opener still works but is a bit jumpy. Now I'm wondering if that spring is needed.

[@douglasmanson2186]

I was wondering why mine was so noisey..and the door jerks when it goes down. Just had both springs replaced..just noticed tonite how droopy the chain is..great video!

[@LLcoolJgetAtMe]

Basically, same exact comment for me. Man I love KZbin. You can search "how to put on socks" and there will be a video on how to do it

[@roddy222]

Looks like a 1/2inch spanner would have undone those adjusting nuts, but a vice grip will do! lol. Cheers.

[@FROSTYLIFE]

I love my vise grips, even though there are always better tools to do the jobs. The vise grips are easier to find in the water when I am working on the dock and drop the tool in the water hahaha.

[@realfantasticnews]

Do you have to have the door open? Or can you fix it while closed?

[@FROSTYLIFE]

It can be done either way, but best if it is closed or part way open.

[@teofiloolivo3076]

My garage 1 door closed the door the door don’t stay closed then go up only open 1/2 way what i should do thanks

[@waynef5931]

Just got through doing this before I watch this video. All that you are adjusting is the chain to the nut he was turning back to the gear on the Motor sticking up top. You have to take the chain off the gear. Also the chain as a gear on the top front of the garage door itself. It is more involve than just doing this. But a good video if your garage door does not open or close and only hums when you push the button on your remote or the switch on the wall.

[@chardeplate4652]

What about the chain on sides of garage door? Mine are very like there also.

[@georgefillak4282]

My travel on my chain is only about 12 or 18 inches with chain off how can i fix this?

[@Liftmaster-sw2zy]

here is a rule of thumb, if ur door is very heavy to lift by hand, then either het the springs fixed, or adjust the chain to make it loose, y? becuase u will destroy the opener

[@FROSTYLIFE]

I agree, the job of the spring is to make the door weight light and not overwork the openers. Like he says here, if it seems heavy, you need a spring tune-up.

[@puppetmasterblaster]

Its ok, these nice old craftsmans are easy to repair, and you can pick them up for $25 all day on craigslist. Ill take my chances, keep the chain lubed and 1 inch deflection like the manual says. I have new garage door springs and a very heavy door.

[@SuperDrLisa]

Watched it all, and I don't have a garage!

[@FROSTYLIFE]

Did you see all the stuff that is getting ready to be sold at the garage sale?

[@gerardsagliocca6292]

My garage door chain jumped the sprocket . How do I put the chain back on gear??

[@FROSTYLIFE]

I used to have to put the chain back on the sprocket of the bike, and you can use a screwdriver to pull tension onto the first sprocket gear and the roll it on one gear at a time.

[@ktp0913]

@@FROSTYLIFEI notice you have a chain and cable combo not just chain all around. Also I noticed that you adjusted the tension while the door is closed. Is it better to disengaged the lock and then adjust the tension? I’m not sure that’s why I’m asking.

[@puppetmasterblaster]

Mine jumped the track and that heavy garage door slammed down 4 feet HARD to the ground. Good thing a small child or a pet wasnt under there. Seems Craftsman could have put a safety stop in their design.

[@NewYears1978]

Found 100 videos like this but mine has a diff piece instead of the bolt it's like a plastic piece..can't find out to adjust it.

[@df56gh4d5h]

I wish one of these garage door chain videos would show the other side of the chain. My chain rubs against the silver bracket and I'm not sure if it's supposed to do that or not. It doesn't look normal and if I tighten it enough to go above the bracket it puts way too much tension on it.

[@FROSTYLIFE]

There should be some slack in the chain for sure, but not so much that the chain drags or gets derailed. One good suggestion is to find a company that gives garage door check ups or tune ups for a low price. I pay something like $40 a year for a tune up and they check things like that.