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Old 01-20-2008, 07:57 AM
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Default Re: Garage Door opener

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Originally Posted by Hope2b
The man who came to fix ours said the opener gears usually last 7 years too and he said our opener was only 5 years old. When he took the cover off it looked like it had snowed in there. There was a heap of chewed up white plastic. We have lived here a year and it works quieter and smoother then it ever did before.
Hope2b:

The Tension Springs go out in 7 years also. That's the large spring on the steel rods that is above the door when it is closed.
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