Best Garage Door Opener System Parts
Compatible with chain drive units from LiftMaster, chamberlain, craftsman, sears, master mechanic and Wayne Dalton. Compatible with chamberlain, sears, craftsman and lift master 1/3 and 1/2 HP chain drive models.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Certain Liftmaster garage door openers have a plastic gear that is prone to fail after a few years. I asked the local garage door repair company how much they'd charge to replace the gears. I followed the instructions exactly, removing the cover, then the motor assembly and then the sprocket and gear set."
"I already had the old part removed and it took about an hour to install the new one and get the chain reconnected."
"You will likely have to adjust your travel limit settings since removing the shaft can rotate the travel switches gear a tooth or two or more if you spin the gear."
"This job is extremely easy to do just make sure you don't do what I did and get confused with putting the chain back on I had the opener in the up position but the chain on in the down position."
"Definitely check out some of the videos on YouTube but here are a few tips that I used that will make it easier than doing it exactly like some of the videos that are out there: -- UNPLUG the opener before you work on it. 2) I unplugged the internal wire connector from the back plate to make it easier to move around and I just set it on top of the opener while I worked. Use your driver to run the screws partway into and out of all 3 holes BEFORE you put the shaft into the opener and they will then be threaded."
"If will take a lot longer if you start replacing the bearings, bushings, and worm gear."
"It took quite a bit of time and having 2 sets of hands and a very good youtube video made it a heck of a lot easier. I have read some reviews stating that because it was so hard and took so long they removed 1 or more stars, but I cannot remove stars for that because the kit manufacturers have no control over how easy or not it is to repair your opener."
Open, close and monitor your Chamberlain MyQ enabled garage door opener from using your smartphone.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Once I started the installation process I walked out to my garage and saw the “myQ” logo - that looked like it had wireless “waves” as a part of it and I wondered if maybe my garage wasn’t already wireless. If you have a Chamberlain LiftMaster myQ garage door, this device should be all that you need. Need to let someone into your garage when you’re not home, but don’t want to give them the garage code? * Get alerts when my garage door is left open for a while (we’re guilty of forgetting to close them at night and sometimes driving off without closing them - we’ve even had local police stop by to tell us we should close our garage doors!"
"My husband is the one who always forgets to shut the door so sometimes I have to login to the app to shut garage door."
"I used to suffer from frequent paranoia that left the garage open, and often had to circle around the block just to make sure that it was closed."
"I've been forgetful about closing the garage door since I moved into my first house, especially if I'm parked facing the street. One thing that is strange is that when I close the door remotely, my garage beeps with some warning sound, like trucks do when they're backing up, then close the door."
"I have it set up so that I get a text on my phone if any door stays open longer than 30mins, which turned out to be real benefit recently! No big deal, I just hit the button and waited for the closed door confirmation......which never happened. Turns out we had a few inches of snow that fell through the night, and along with some wind created a small snow bank against the door that fell into the door's path when I opened it to leave, which prevented it from closing as it sensed it was crushing something."
"If you have my Q, garage door units and panels, you'll only need this device to to have control of your garage door and house lighting from your cell phone."
The LiftMaster MyQ Retrofit Package Includes (1) MyQ Control Panel - 888LM (1) LiftMaster Internet Gateway 828LM. Upgrade to LiftMaster MyQ Technology.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"No more hassle of turning light on of off for quick trips into the garage thanks to the MyQ updated control panel's motion detector."
"After 2 days of noticing their door staying wide open, I messaged them with a local neighborhood watch app and they had a relative come take inventory and close the door. This takes all the worries away since you can set app to inform you after a set time that door is still open and it can be set to close automatically!"
"After having accidentally left my garage door open one night, resulting in the theft of thousands of dollars in tools, I installed this on my existing opener."
"Note: If you have a LIftMaster Garage Door Opener it will automatically sync (reprogram security codes between Garage Door Opener and Control Panel) in about 1 minute (the blinking lights will go off). I followed the user guide step by step; registered the internet gateway; downloaded the app and sync'd it with the garage door opener; tested the app by opening/closing the garage door using it; tested email alerts (garage door open duration, closed duration, etc.)."
"But beware...if you looking for Siri to control your garage door this is not the right opener."
"If your existing garage door opener uses the DIP switches, you will need the following item to allow this unit to work properly."
"Incompatible with my opener, even though it should have been compatible according to the Chamberlain website - all Liftmaster Openers manufactured after 1993 (with purple, green, yellow, red or orange "Learn" buttons)."
"Purchased this kit November of 2015 to add remote wifi control for the garage door. Lastly, the manual button goes nuts randomly and all the lights flash and you can't close or open the garage door until it stops freaking out."
Best Garage Door Gears
Compatible with chain drive units from LiftMaster, chamberlain, craftsman, sears, master mechanic and Wayne Dalton. Compatible with chamberlain, sears, craftsman and lift master 1/3 and 1/2 HP chain drive models.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Certain Liftmaster garage door openers have a plastic gear that is prone to fail after a few years. I asked the local garage door repair company how much they'd charge to replace the gears. I followed the instructions exactly, removing the cover, then the motor assembly and then the sprocket and gear set."
"I already had the old part removed and it took about an hour to install the new one and get the chain reconnected."
"You will likely have to adjust your travel limit settings since removing the shaft can rotate the travel switches gear a tooth or two or more if you spin the gear."
"This job is extremely easy to do just make sure you don't do what I did and get confused with putting the chain back on I had the opener in the up position but the chain on in the down position."
"Definitely check out some of the videos on YouTube but here are a few tips that I used that will make it easier than doing it exactly like some of the videos that are out there: -- UNPLUG the opener before you work on it. 2) I unplugged the internal wire connector from the back plate to make it easier to move around and I just set it on top of the opener while I worked. Use your driver to run the screws partway into and out of all 3 holes BEFORE you put the shaft into the opener and they will then be threaded."
"If will take a lot longer if you start replacing the bearings, bushings, and worm gear."
"It took quite a bit of time and having 2 sets of hands and a very good youtube video made it a heck of a lot easier. I have read some reviews stating that because it was so hard and took so long they removed 1 or more stars, but I cannot remove stars for that because the kit manufacturers have no control over how easy or not it is to repair your opener."
Best Garage Door Openers
Myq smartphone control with built-in Wi-Fi, CFL,200 W,Voltage-120 V. Compatible with 7708CB for 8 ft high doors and 7710CB for 10 ft high doors (sold separately).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Some folks seem to understand the point of my review (i.e., this opener has a motor that is much smaller than advertised), while a lot of folks have tried to defend Chamberlain's horsepower rating (which I still say is false). At the same time, nothing prevents Chamberlain from providing an HONEST and ACCURATE measure of the size or horsepower of the motor used in this opener. THAT is my complaint with this opener -- Chamberlain falsely advertises that this thing has a motor which is "similar" to 1.25 horsepower. At the end of the day, if this thing opened my door quickly and quietly, I would not care anything about the HP rating of the motor. But this unit is not (at least in my view) either quick or quiet, and it certainly does not have a motor that's "similar" to 1.25 or 1 1/4 horsepower. These units were very quiet (almost silent -- seriously), but a few months ago one of the units stopped responding to the remote unless you were within a few feet of the door. If I went out of town and wasn't sure if I had left the door open, it's nice to know that I could check my phone, see if the door was open or closed, and then close it if necessary. -- Motor units look clean/modern. If you're in the market for a garage door opener, you will quickly realize that cheaper units have smaller motors (typically 1/2 horsepower) while the more expensive units have 1 HP+. So, the unit actually has a very small motor, but because it's turning a reduction gear, it's able to lift a fair amount of weight....perhaps similar to what an actual 1.25 HP motor could lift without reduction gears. As noted above, I have two garage doors, and after I installed the new Chamberlain unit on one door, I checked its open/closing speed against the old Liftmaster unit. The Chamberlain unit didn't seem to struggle or anything....it was just very, very, very slow at lifting the door. Not a huge complaint, but my old Liftmaster units had solid metal (one piece) tracks running from the door header to the motor, whereas the Chamberlain track comes in 4-5 fairly short sections that are fit together into one long track. The LCD sceens on the wall units made this an irresistible tech buy for me, but seeing how slow the doors open, I question whether I would have been better off with something else. My dad has the older Genie Excelerator opener which whizzes his door up at super-fast speeds....that's what I was hoping for with the Chamberlain units, but sadly, I didn't get it."
"People had claimed that this garage door opener was slow. I mean, seriously, I'm not Batman, and I am not trying to quickly zip into my Batcave and close the garage door before any neighbors see me in my spandex Batsuit, or my black on black 1995 Nissan Maxima. If you are anti-social, and want to avoid talking to your neighbors at all costs, maybe this garage door is not for you. As for my main reasons for purchasing this garage door opener, it was for the wifi capability, with the built in myQ router, meaning all I had to do was connect it to my wireless and I was then able to use the app to see if the garage door was open or close, or even remotely open or close it. By having the keypad mounted beside the garage door, she is able to get into the house through the garage without having to carry her garage door opener in her purse. She hated pulling into a dark garage, and as such we had mounted LED night lights around the garage to illuminate any potential tripping hazards."
"The kit did work well for me with the exception that I had to finesse the hole in the trolley through which passes a threaded rod."
"Purchased with ceiling mount: Lift master/Chamberlain Lift master 195LM Ceiling Mount Kit. The app required iOS 10+ in order to work with an iPhone, I used a Samsung GS5 to set it up, with some trouble."
Best Garage Doors
The PowerLift garage door opener features a forged steel screw drive, incorporating a c-channel rail design for flush-mounting capability and a clean appearance. The garage door opener also includes a Two-Bulb Lighting System, which consists of two 60-watt bulbs (sold separately) located toward the rear of the garage, shining light where it’s most needed and illuminating those dark corners. ½ HP AC MOTOR AND SCREW DRIVE SYSTEM: Provides reliable power to operate heavy residential garage doors up to 500 lbs.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought the Genie Powerlift 900 to replace my previous Genie Powerlift 900 that began having problems with the travel limits. I had to remove those pieces from my previous unit and replace the broken ones."
"Only negative is that the installation manual has a couple instances of saying one thing in the text, but showing something different in the illustration (such as the optical sensor wiring)."
"Replacement for our very old one that just gave up on us."
"It is fantastic, the convenience that you do not have to get out of the car to open, its the safety way, specially this days that things are not good."
"easy to install, works without issue."
Best Garage Door Hardware
Compatible with chain drive units from LiftMaster, chamberlain, craftsman, sears, master mechanic and Wayne Dalton. Compatible with chamberlain, sears, craftsman and lift master 1/3 and 1/2 HP chain drive models.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Certain Liftmaster garage door openers have a plastic gear that is prone to fail after a few years. I asked the local garage door repair company how much they'd charge to replace the gears. I followed the instructions exactly, removing the cover, then the motor assembly and then the sprocket and gear set."
"I already had the old part removed and it took about an hour to install the new one and get the chain reconnected."
"You will likely have to adjust your travel limit settings since removing the shaft can rotate the travel switches gear a tooth or two or more if you spin the gear."
"This job is extremely easy to do just make sure you don't do what I did and get confused with putting the chain back on I had the opener in the up position but the chain on in the down position."
"Definitely check out some of the videos on YouTube but here are a few tips that I used that will make it easier than doing it exactly like some of the videos that are out there: -- UNPLUG the opener before you work on it. 2) I unplugged the internal wire connector from the back plate to make it easier to move around and I just set it on top of the opener while I worked. Use your driver to run the screws partway into and out of all 3 holes BEFORE you put the shaft into the opener and they will then be threaded."
"If will take a lot longer if you start replacing the bearings, bushings, and worm gear."
"It took quite a bit of time and having 2 sets of hands and a very good youtube video made it a heck of a lot easier. I have read some reviews stating that because it was so hard and took so long they removed 1 or more stars, but I cannot remove stars for that because the kit manufacturers have no control over how easy or not it is to repair your opener."
Best Garage Door Keypads & Remotes
You can also use it as an extra remote control to turn on lights or small appliances inside your home all from the comfort of your car. Compatible with LiftMaster Security+ Garage Door Openers, Gate Operators and Commercial Door Operator.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"When my 30-year-old Multi-Code remote stopped working the opener, I replaced the battery, but that made no difference. Both arrived the same day (although, oddly, by different means), and within an hour or so I had the garage door opener working again."
"I purchased two of these garage door remotes, because we moved into a new house at the end of May and only got one remote."
"I wasted an extra $5 on a clip I really didn't need."
"Liftmaster 371LM Garage Door Opener Remote Control works as described/ advertised."
"I pushed the purple learn button on the garage door opener and the replacement remote has worked perfect since then, simple, easy."
"Bought 2 and both work great with my Craftsman opener."
"This product made it sound like the color of your learn/smart button is enough to go on when buying a garage door remote."
"I have attached a photo of my garage door opener."
Best Weatherproofing Garage Door Seals
Enjoy a more finished, attractive and energy-efficient garage, ready for year-round use with the Matador Garage Door Insulation Kit. Enjoy a more finished, attractive and energy-efficient garage, ready for year-round use with the Matador Garage Door Insulation Kit. Insulation kit keeps garages warm in winter, cool in summer; Includes 8 boards for 7 foot tall garage door; Fits 8 to 9 foot wide door.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Easy to install, just slice to fit and bend it to fit in the door."
"The left hand side and both center columns fit recessed in tightly behind the frame lips at the top, bottom and left side while the right side slides straight in flush with the frame. I cut four pieces at 2.5" which fit behind the right side of the column flush with edge. Next cut the panels as the rest it fit in the right, top & bottom recesses and flush in tight beside the smaller 2.5" piece. I'd start at a slight angle inserting the top left edge first and as much as possible then bending or cupping the panel insert the bottom left edge while straightening it out. Bend the top in followed by the bottom until you finally fit the right side edge in. I cut the first 3 columns at 45 13/16th inches (instead of just cutting at 3/4") and the right edge fits in snugly against the frame."
"Great looking and so easy to install."
"Perfect fit and very easy to work with."
"great kit and really easy to install."
"Works."
"This really keeps the garage insulated and my husband loves it."
"Make sure you have enough boards."