The garage door opener repair went well. First I went on line to see if there were instructions available—there were. I love the Internet. I found out from the instructions that I really had to whack the lower roll pin holding the gear in place to remove it. The instructions said that you don’t have to be afraid to whack it hard. That was true. I would not have been able to remove the pressed-in pin without knowing that. I would have been concerned about bending or damaging the shaft that the gear rode on.
The repaired opener – the lumps are grease.
The worn gear – the groves were shredded
After fixing door #1 I inspected door #2. It was OK, very little wear and still lubricated. I added more grease and put the cover back on.
Lesson-learned—I need to remove the cover and lubricate the gears once a year from now on. Tax day is a good reminder day. The grease on door#1 had dried out after a decade.
I like the gear drive mechanism in the opener. It could be used to drive a future cat feeder design. I’ve got an old garage door opener motor and gear assembly in the so-far undisturbed storage area in the garage loft. When I get around to clearing that out I’ll make sure I keep it for some future project.
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