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My garage door stopped half way up on a 20 degree day. Great, now what? I managed to force it up enough to get out by lifting manually while listening to something that sounded like gears grinding. Later that day I opened the cover on the unit and dumped what was left of the gear out on the floor. I copied the model and serial number and returned to the house to research the part. It turns out you can buy the complete assembly with a bunch of parts I didn't recognize, or just buy the gear. I opted for the gear only for $5.50 shipped. It seems this gear fits thousands of different models of openers so I am confident it will fit. It says on the left of my screen as I type this to stick to the facts. The fact is, it is a plastic gear that drives a shaft to raise and lower the door. It could not be any less interesting. Just one of the routine annoyances of owning your own home and doing all of your own repairs. I have saved enough in my lifetime of doing my own repairs to buy a vintage Cessna aircraft with cash. That needed repaired as well but that is another story for another time.Read full review
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My ORIGINAL review, POSTED YESTERDAY (below) is being updated today. This morning I started to open the door, (8' door) it went up about 12 inches, and stopped. The motor continued to run. Investigation revealed the newly installed gear sheared the teeth on the replacement gear. My intention is to find a new opener without the plastic gear, Not a Craftsman, if any are available. I would now change my rating to a two star, at best. Original equipment gear is of same manufacture design. Original gear basically sheared the drive teeth causing the motor drive gear to spin in place. My personal opinion the plastic gear is in fact a poor design/manufacture problem. I purchased two openers when I built the garage, one on a 16' & an 8' door. The gear on the 16' failed at 10 years and 8 ' failed @ 13. All other aspects of the opener still worked as expected. On my 16' door, I purchased a new craftsman opener, and on 8', I replaced the gear. Of course Sears/Craftsman do not manufacture their own doors.Read full review
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If you have a garage door opener that runs but doesn't open, you need to replace "The Gear" everyone who has worked on one knows what you mean when you say I need to replace "The Gear" in my garage door opener. LOL If you don't occasionally grease this gear it will shred to pieces. Very easy install, you just need a few tools. I've bought several of these for multiple openers. Excellent product just what you need without buying a gear kit and only using this one.
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My Craftsman opener has a 1986 date on its tag and has worked fine, but a chance inspection inside showed the drive gear was very worn. Everything else appeared fine including the sleeve bearings. I was able to replace the gear without dropping the entire opener. This replacement part fits and works perfectly. The hardest part was removing and reinstalling the roller pin which locks the gear to the drive shaft. Be sure and check your open & close limit settings afterward.
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This fit my Liftmaster door perfectly. It saved me from having to buy a whole new opener. It was easy to install but I had to go online for instructions for adjusting the door after I installed it.
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