Q: Why the Genie carriage is not lifting the door?
A: The most popular and most sold Genie garage door openers are screw drive opener Genie
did not even start making belt or chain drive opener until recently so there are a lot of Older
Screw Dr., Genie opener units out there A screw drive opener has a 8 foot long brass screw
inside the opener rail and the motor turns the screw and the carriage which has teeth built into it
kind of like a nut in a bowl if you were to hold a nut in your fingers and turned the bolt
clockwise then you will see the nut between your fingers move slowly to your right and vice
versa when you turn the bolt counterclockwise. this is the basic concept of a screwdrive opener
so just think of the boa clockwise then you will see the nut between your fingers move slowly to
your right and vice versa when you turn the bolt counterclockwise this is the basic concept of a
screw drive so just think of the nut is the carriage. The carriages on genie screw drive tend to
wear out the teeth that allowed the carriage to move back in forth along the screw and this does
not allow the carriage to catch the threads and move back and forth this is a very common
malfunction on Genie screw drive opener and is an inexpensive fix because they only cost
around $20¬$25. Now before you go calling a garage door technician to fix your opener first
make sure that the carriage is engaged look for the red emergency pool cord and if it is pulled
down all the way then it is not engaged you will have to pull it up into the back to engage it if it is
engaged than when the opener turns on you will hear a loud grinding noise and this is an easy
way to know the carriage is worn out you should not pay any more than $125¬$150 to replace..