I recently installed a new Craftsman 1/2 hp garage door opener. The maintenace section of the manual says to periodically lube the door hinges but says nothing about the chain. Is this an oversight? If not what should I use? Is WD-40 acceptable?
2007-08-02 08:49:16 · 8 answers · asked by gaken2000 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
OK here is the GOLD answer, no do not lube the chain reason being, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE. For one when you lube the chain it will eventually drip on your door leaving a perfectly straight line down the center of your door, unless of course you want a black line on your door. For two unless you have water standing or dripping in your garage the chain is pre-oiled at the factory and doesn't require any more. Third and final is when you use oh lets say white lithium grease when the repair man being me gets kinda irritated because now he has to wipe all that off.
Yes you do want to lube your door, rollers, hinges, bearings, springs, for this use a spray lube with a silicone in it, wd-40 will do the job BUT it is not a lubricant it is a penetrant so it dries things out. If you use a good lube once a year will do just fine. Any further ?'s e-mail me.
2007-08-02 14:23:54 · answer #1 · answered by DOOR MAN 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Garage Door Opener Lubricant
2017-01-04 08:59:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
palms down the belt tension. I artwork at a storage door broking as a tech and installer. we don't even carry screwdrives. The screw tension is quiet till now each and every little thing, yet after a whilst it receives very noisy. additionally a screw tension, because it receives older can sling the lubricant in it everywhere in the face of your door. once you notice a door with a streak down the middle, you are able to wager they have a screw tension. additionally, they supply extra torque than the different 2. So whilst your spring breaks, or something in the doorway (yet no longer blockading the eyes), that's extra stable to end that would reason extra injury on your automobile, door, or maybe if else is in the way. Chain drives are very stable openers. they are stable and final an prolonged time. I even have yet to work out a broken chain different than whilst it became put in in a persevering with moist ecosystem, or it became a 30 plus year previous advertisement opener. That suggested, I the only chain opener i observed with a broken "chain" became a craftsman, chamberlain and Overhead type opener the place they use one million/2 cable and and one million/2 chain. the place the cable connects to the chain the cable snapped. our superb vendor and my very own favourite is the belt tension. that's lots quieter and lasts in basic terms as long as a collection tension. The belt does no longer, or I even have yet to work out one "stretch". The Craftsman, chamberlain and Liftmaster ones have spring tensioners on them, so as that they continually stay tight. As an added bonus the Chamberlain and Craftsman openers have 10 year warranties on their belts. The Liftmaster has lifetime guarantee on the belts. Like I suggested palms down belt drives are the superb bang for the greenback. Or in case you have the money and your storage is under pressure out exact look into the Liftmaster Jackshaft opener. i could stay far flung from the Wayne Dalton idrive. they are junk. ***look into the belt drives with battery backup***
2016-10-09 01:57:13 · answer #3 · answered by ramswaroop 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not use WD 40 on the chain OR the wheels. All it does is attract dust!!! Use a dry lubricant on both. The chain won't need to be lubed for a few years at the earliest.
Don't use any kind of wet lubricant on this stuff!!! Garages are dusty.
2007-08-02 09:48:59 · answer #4 · answered by albertaguy7 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use regular oil like you would use on a bicycle. Get some of that 3 in one oil from Walmart, but the best answer would be to call the place who sold it to you!!! They will tell you what's up. Obvious dumb answer, and I apologze, but calling them would be just as easy as posting a question on Yahoo and getting answers from dumbasses like me who know nothing about garage door openers.
WD 40 is not for lubricating chains.
2007-08-02 08:56:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Use a Chain and Cable lube. You can get this in a spray can.
2007-08-02 09:02:01 · answer #6 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, use white lithium grease
2007-08-02 08:53:17 · answer #7 · answered by john t 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Use the same oil you use on a bike chain. But PLEASE move your vehicle out of the garage first so you don't drip oil on it.........
2007-08-02 09:32:55 · answer #8 · answered by lcritter55118 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋