You should also hear it click into place.
Reattach garage door opener.
Pull back on the emergency release cord until you see the lever connected to the cord attach itself to the automatic garage door opener.
Just pull the red cord straight down to disengage the door from the opener.
How to disengage and reengage your garage door opener if you need to open your door manually.
Reengage the door opener when the power comes back on.
Garage door openers have a quick release mechanism that allows you to operate the garage door manually in the event you lose power.
The carriage locks around the opener trolley during normal operation.
The carriage is the part of the opener to which the door arm connects.
The first key is that you have to open your garage door.
Now you re ready to re attach the door in four easy steps.
First you need you to make sure the garage door is open.
Try opening and closing your garage door using the opener.
You simply pull back on the emergency cord and it disengages.
Trying to reengage your garage door opener with the door closed doesn t work.
An emergency release cord on the garage door arm opens the trolley to allow you to disengage the garage door from the opener.
Next up is reattaching the gear to the track.
When you disengage it it s easy and obvious.
Once the power is restored to the garage door opener you must.
The problem should be fixed.
Make sure you do not pull too hard in this step as you may unintentionally damage the cord or the opening mechanism.