Reuse Garage Door Opener Motor

This garage door opener has a powerful dc motor with geniesense technology standard.

Reuse garage door opener motor.

I reversed the motor in mine and turned it into a garage door closer. Single car garage doors can use a belt screw or chain driven opener without damaging the motor. Has anyone here created a project with a garage door opener motor. 94 points 7 years ago.

New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. This person reused the garage door opener s cover as a useful container in addition to saving screws the pull cord and any other parts that were useful. This thread is archived. Your garage door opener decision also need to take the drive type into consideration.

The stealthdrive 750 belt drive garage door opener the stealthdrive 750 belt drive garage door opener is an ultra quiet garage door opener with a steel reinforced belt making it the ideal choice for homeowners where sound could be an issue. Screw and belt driven openers are less noisy than chain openers. Surprisingly i was able to build the whole mechanism using only parts found in a standard garage door opener kit and 5 worth of hardware from the hardware store. Recycle if you no longer have need for your opener especially if it no longer functions then recycling is the most responsible thing to do.

Since i re used all of the old parts with the new motor that i purchased all of the new parts that came with it brackets track chain etc were just laying around.