Garage Door Chain Sprocket Broke

The bag said it was an oem piece.

Garage door chain sprocket broke. After several years the garage door springs become weaker causing more stress on this particular part causing it to fail and wear out. This can be easily replaced by a garage door service technician. If the gear and sprocket assembly breaks the motor runs but the door won t move. Located at the top of the motor unit the gear and sprocket assembly drives the chain that opens and closes the garage door.

This is a video on how to change the gear sprockets in a craftsman garage door opener. It was a perfect replacement and the garage door is working. Chain driven garage door openers should have some slack in the chain for optimal performance. You can put the chain back on your automatic garage door opener using a simple adjustment mechanism.

Over time though this slack can increase or the gear and sprocket assembly can wear and the chain may pop off the sprockets. This was a craftsman model 139 53976srt. Liftmaster and chamberlain garage door openers are very common for this. This is the part that connects the motor to the chain or belt.

This diy repair guide explains how to replace the gear and sprocket assembly on a chain drive garage door opener. Your garage door opener has a gear and sprocket that will eventually fail. Chain drive garage door openers have a sprocket that is attached at the top of the motor. It wasn t listed for the same model but after looking online it seems that most garage door openers made after 1984 use the same sprocket assembly.

The gear and sprocket assembly is inside the cover of the garage door opener motor. This gear set worked great and replaced a broken one in my 2002 1 2 hp chamberlain liftmaster yesterday.