The carriage which connects to the door arm locks around the opener trolley during normal operation.
Re engage garage door without power.
To re engage the carriage and operate your garage door electrically once again you will need to pull the release cord toward the door.
When you disengage it it s easy and obvious.
The first key is that you have to open your garage door.
Once the power comes back on you must re engage the garage door opener to the door.
Operate your garage door opener.
To engage it manually slide the garage door along the track until the trolley re engages.
This will compress the spring lever and allow the two mechanisms to reconnect.
When the spring lever is in the connected position the position required to re engage the garage door opener carriage the spring lever is compressed.
Re connect the trolley to the opener carriage.
Pull straight down on the emergency release rope once the door is open.
Raise the garage door fully.
Trying to reengage your garage door opener with the door closed doesn t work.
To engage it remotely press the button on your remote control so that the door will move back into place.
How to reengage a garage door opener.
Pull the emergency release rope toward the opener motor head.
You ll know the trolley is re engaged when the door goes up and down on its own.
This prevents the carriage from reconnecting to the opener rail trolley.
Next up is reattaching the gear to the track.
Once the power is restored to the garage door opener you must.
Luckily opening a garage door without power is simple and easy.
An emergency release cord on the garage door arm opens the trolley to allow you to disengage the garage door from the opener.
Pulling back a second time does nothing.
You can then open and close the door manually by raising it up and lowering it.
You simply pull back on the emergency cord and it disengages.
Re connect the trolley to the opener carriage.
Locate the red emergency cord on the automatic opener and pull it to disengage the opener.
If you lose power the garage door opener s quick release mechanism allows you to operate the door manually.
Re engaging your garage door opener after a power outage.