To test your door walk over to it and try to lift it up.
How to install garage door emergency key release.
Once you are done maneuvering your garage door and are ready to re engage the automatic door opener please return the garage door back to the down position.
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When the key is turned the body of the lock can be pulled through the door bringing the cable with it.
Now you know how to use your garage door s emergency release.
Tie a single overhand knot in the cord about an inch from the end.
Pull the end through until the handle is.
Push the cable and the barrel of the emergency key release through the opening.
Once closed reach up and pull the cord down disengaging the carriage from the trolley.
You drill a hole through the door large enough for the barrel of the emergency key release to install in it.
The cable is unrolled and attached to the emergency release lever on the garage door opener s trolley.
In relation to the emergency release cord the trolley has two positions.
Pull the emergency release cord toward the door.
This allows you to disconnect the garage door opener from the door.
Open and close it a few times noting any irregularities with functionality.
A garage door with weak or broken springs may cause it to slam.
The lock mechanism is installed into a hole on the garage door.
3 feed the other end of the cord through the emergency release lever on the door opener.
If it is a smooth test close the garage door and reset the emergency release cord by simply plugging it back in.