Pulled Red String Garage Door

The emergency release cord is the red rope that hangs from the door trolley.

Pulled red string garage door.

The process really is not very difficult to do and it can be done in just a little time. The trolley sits on the opener carriage. Pulling the red release cord will disengage the trolley from the opener carriage the part that is moved by the motor along the rail. Manually move the garage door and return to down position.

It should cycle the drive mechanism until it clips into the door. Pull the emergency release cord. Now go push the button to open the door. When you pull it it disconnects the door from the drive mechanism.

There will probably come a time when almost every homeowner needs to use the release cord on the garage door. Your door should be fine now. When the release cord is pulled it disconnects the trolley from the carriage allowing you to manually move the door. The emergency release cord is attached to the door trolley which is the piece that stays with the garage door.

Once you are done. Which moves the door. It could happen for any number of reasons but some people have trouble figuring out how to reconnect the door to the automated system. There s usually a little lever that the string attaches to.

Push up on it and it should snap into place. The emergency release cord is the red rope that hangs from the door trolley that moves with the door along the rail. Once these two parts are separate you can move your garage door.