How To Replace A Garage Door Opener Button

It may be necessary to replace the wall button used to open your garage door if it stops working.

How to replace a garage door opener button.

Turn off all power. The wall control is mounted inside the garage next to the door. Finding a solution to the problem is rather immediate unless you have another place to park your car which is usually not the case. Mount the electric eyes about 6 from the floor on the inside of the garage.

Push down on the control button locking tabs to release them and then pull the control button off the old wall control. Step 1 getting the garage door opener wall button. Run the wire through a conduit and connect it to the garage door opener motor. Remove the top mounting screw.

Remove the old button. Climb down from the ladder and move at least 5 feet from the motor housing unit. Phillips head screwdriver and small flat head screwdriver. Press the open button on the remote unit within 30 seconds to program the motor housing unit.

This video from sears partsdirect shows how to replace wall control on a garage door opener. Find the proper garage door opener wall button and purchase it. Connect the lifting arm from the door to the track. Naturally all garage door opener packages come with a wall button.

Depending on the model and manufacturer it works with either a battery or a wire. How to replace a garage door opener wall button. Pull the wall control up slightly then outward to release it from the bottom mounting screw. Unscrew the garage door opener wall button mount.

Wire the keypad into the wall on the inside of the garage. This is very important to reduce the risk of electrical shock. In some cases you can buy universal buttons. Loosen the two terminal screws on the side of the opener where the bell wire attaches using a screwdriver.

These will work with a wide selection of openers but there are always some exceptions. On the outside of the garage mount the wireless keypad using the screw gun. Loosen the wire screws and disconnect the wires from the back of the wall control.