Garage Door Openers the 8355W-267 that’s in the video. We are having a house built and that’s what our builder installed, so I was learning about it from your video. We move in later this month.
Yeah I saw the WiFi logo on the side of the opener, I'm guessing they have an app which will allow control from a smartphone? I'll look for your next video!
2:58 You are totally right about that I try to tell that to everybody lift master and Chamberlain Anything with those type of limits they will bypass the dowel limit there was a house they were building across the street and they had it shutting too hard down and the emergency release rope and handle was installed incorrectly you do a heckuva job on every garage door insulation but with this job in particular there’s a huge gap on the bottom corner of the garage door because they just screwed it in and I can easily rip off the tracks off the wall but you are doing a great job keep up the amazing work
I unplug mine in FL over the Summer months. Thanks for the video, mine was going past the down limit that was set, and coming right back up. possible lost the memory for the limits. I just reset them, thanks to you the door is working OK now.
I am getting one of these next week. My 20 year old liftmaster started to come up as soon as it went down so I called the company I have used twice to fix it. Man came out promptly and supposedly fixed it. Two hours after he left it started doing the same thing again, but even worse. I called after hours and they sent out another tech the next day on Saturday. She worked on it for an hour and took the unit apart. Glad I was watching her! While apart and still plugged into power she must have crossed two wires with her screwdriver and there was a LARGE spark that I witnessed. It really startled her. Now not even the light bulbs work. She said it was not her fault. I have stopped payment on the check I wrote yesterday and am going with one of these, from another company.
Wow you must have got the lemon one out of the batch. We just have been using Genie for the time being and no call backs out of the 80 we have installed so far. We have a customer with the 8550 that is acting up as well. We might just change it out to a Genie to make a happy customer.
Yes, newer LiftMaster and Chamberlain models do tend to run past their down limits, Ive dealt with that on numerous occasions. I cant quite figure out why they do that either, and only the down limit does it.. I actually have a video on my channel called "New Chamberlain HD420ev that replaced a LM1160" its of a Chamberlain Chain Drive unit that I installed, and was on a door that ran a bit rough do to plastic non ball bearing Rollers the operator would run 1 or 2 inches past is down limit, and force the rail of the operator to bow up and hit the ceiling.. I tried to stop the down limit an inch short of the door hitting the floor, but then not only would the limit actually stay where it was supposed to, but because the door ran rough, the opener wouldn't push the door all the way closed.. So I had to find a happy medium and shorten the lift arm 1 hole and set the limit a to where the door just grazes the floor, and the limit ultimately ran an inch past... Even though it was still more then I like, I had to leave it. I bet played with it for 45mins or so.. Some guy even nailed me on that in the comments... lol as much as I like the electronically set limits, I miss the dials.. Also you are very correct about the light bulbs! I actually know a guy who has ties with Liftmaster, I am definitely going to suggest that to him.
Great video. It was storming yesterday and there was some lightening and thunder but the electricity didn't go out. However the sensor lights and rest of the lights weren't on. A manual override to open the garage door was used and I think the unit was unplugged and it was reset. Problem: the sensor lights and wall opener lights are fine but the motor is stuck at the top and reprogramming using those arrow buttons made it move up more (it's now touching the bolt near the overhead unit and thus can't go further up), but it won't do anything when pushing the arrow down button. No obstruction of trolley and door moves fine. The emergency release clicked back into place when I pushed the garage door all the way up to connect with the motor.
Hi, I came across your video just now, (we have a small family run garage door business) and was nice to see you talking about this opener as it is our most popular of all the Liftmaster models we sell. It was interesting to see that you pointed out some of the issues we have seen. Sometimes with this model we have had to do a few logic board replacements and the down travel limit, same issue you mentioned. Also, we have seen the travel limit modules go in a few more than we care to see so we actually carry a few of those too. Great video. I will share this with our son, I am sure he will like it too.
I have this exact opener and last week it starting giving me issues. It's only about 4 years old and never been abused honestly. It all started last week when I closed it, it no longer wanted to open. The trolly would travel about 1-3 inches at most and go back not even enough force to open or move the door. Then the unit would just flash 5 times. I unplugged the unit from the power and pulled the manual cord and opened and closed it. Reconnected the power and still nothing. After a few more times of me trying to opening it and it just doing those tiny pulls all of a sudden I pulled the manual cord one more time then Opened and closed it shut,when i hit the button to open instead of the trolly traveling to the open position when it was in the close position it started to go further in the closed position. This ended up causing a slight bend in the rail. I removed the belt and tried to set the limits but when I press the up arrow to set the open limit it does nothing. Only the down arrow works which sets the closed position. I had a company come out and look at it and of course they just want to replace the whole unit along with the rail for $900. The arrows on the unit do flash in the following order up arrow 1 time down arrow 5 times. The manual says this can be the logic board that might need replacing. Anyone have any insight or I'm I better of just getting a new unit?
Thank you for the good basic overview as a homeowner reading the manual are we able to set the garage door by just replacing with the LiftMaster. four O eight five O nine thirty nine hundred.
Can these be operated with a simple button push like openers were before all the circuitry was incorporated? I don't like their Time To Close function in that there doesn't seem to be any way to passively override the auto close function. I have my own method, but it will only operate with a momentary pulse, like the old Genie's. And here's a work-around for your lighting issue. I bought a couple of 4' LED tube fixtures and using a screw to two prong plug adapter, I light the whole garage.
Thank you for the fast reply. We don't know which one we are getting. We asked for a LiftMaster belt drive and the installer gave us a quote. We're in our 70"s and lot of bells and whistles only make life harder. Two 8' garage doors (all sensors and wires are in) new car remotes and wall switch. $920.00 Guy said something about life time guarantee on unit and belt.
Well he's in the ball park for price. I would life time guarantee them as well. I have only worked on about 8 of them out of the 15yrs I have been installing them. With the chain drives... well I have worked on hundreds of them with the internal plastic gear that goes bad from all the vibrations from the chain it chews them up. Average life for chain drive is 10-15 years. Long live your belt drives.
I was told, if you open the door halfway, unplug it, wait 30 sec, then plug it back in, it compleatly forget it's limits. Nice work Liftmaster, LOL LOL
he's partially correct. If you partially open the door unplug it for a bit (about a minute), it forgets the down limit. what I found is that it will continue pushing down until it trips the force setting or the guy in the room reverses the door. I dont know if they fixed the problem on current models as I have a 2014 model year 8355. I've had one unit where the force settings don't work half the time essentially the unit is audibly straining before reversing or stopping (maximum force is applied). I've also had a unit unplugged for the winter (about 3 months) and after restoring power, the limit settings were forgotten and the wall control no longer worked. when my 8360 dies I'm considering replacing it with a linear, a genie, or something that has better quality control.
From the myQ app it says there is a 1-5 error. The garage opened just fine and then got that error and won’t close. Tried detaching the door and reconnecting it with no luck. Reset the breaker with no luck. Anyone else run into this?
Ok so I got a question so me and my grandpa I have two genie Excelerator‘s on a 8 foot garage door they are been on the doors for about 19 years they are still working perfectly but my grandpa is around 78 and we need something that has less maintenance so I am thinking about a LiftMaster 8550 I heard there are some problems about them and I am wondering where I can buy them and where I can get them so I can install them in your opinion I know you installed many openers and keep up the good work and I hope you get back to me because I would like some information please thank you and keep up the good work on your openers .
So at this time and place I would say the Liftmaster 8550 is your best option. I have had one problem with the 8550 on a 18X8 when a customer lost power it would not close on the battery back up it would have a error saying force detected we solved it by putting pusher springs on it. I got some different Openers I'm trying out but can't say it they are good or not yet. Hope this helps. If your looking for a 8550 your best place is a dealer just Google it. I would consider having them installing it just because if you have and problems you can make it there problem and not yours lol. Good luck God bless.
AFFORDABLE DOOR & GATE LLC thanks and we had someone look at my grandpa’s garage and the spring was broken and we had overhead doors put it in now the door is 60 pounds off balance and it needs to get fixed who do you recommend to put in a new spring correctly thanks again:)🇺🇸
My installer isntalled the rail (top bar) slightly tilted down instead of straight. Is that normal? He says he has done plenty but i see the bar straight everywhere.
I had a customer one time years ago have the emergency rope rap around the roof rack of a suv and take the entire door down. I don't ever want to see that aging.
The rope got shut in my rear door of my expedition and when I backed up it pulled the rope and the door started coming down and I didn’t notice and I ran into the door and knocked it off the tracks and it broke the rear window washer nozzle. I tie mine up high now.
The only problem I have seen with the 8500 is the keypad will not work after some time like it's just not there. I Go back and reprogram it and it's good to go again kind weird.
I’m on my 3rd it had been pro. Installed and and now the travel is gone ? Everyone said how good it is I think if this is fixed and screws up a game I’m lost
I have a 2010 Ford f150 and I can't figure out how to program it to my liftmaster garage door opener and it's the same model the 8355. Do I need something else to make it work? Thank you
I wouldn't think so but I tell my customers nothing works better then the remote sure looks ugly but so does your tv remote but it works and makes life better lol.
Once Liftmaster changed to Yellow antenna and learn button, the car has to be at least from 2012. You can also buy an aftermarket "repeater" from Liftmaster. That would make your car programmable.
You lost me at the pitfall. Cant count on one hand how many times you changed gears on the 8355w belt. Or is it the chain one you changed gears alot? Getting one installed next month. Why do they make them plastic anyways? Like the plastic carbs on lawnmowers now.
I have seen them do it with florescent lights next to them or if it has those compact fluorescent light's in the head unit. Try the genie light bulbs they sell them at lowe's.
I have a great and knowledgeable technician and would great to have in your circle of influence. He is the owner of Metro Overhead in Omaha, Nebraska. Niel is name I believe.
It's people like you that make UA-cam great! Thanks for the video about the new garage door for our new house.
Thank you!
Which opener did y’all go with?
Garage Door Openers the 8355W-267 that’s in the video. We are having a house built and that’s what our builder installed, so I was learning about it from your video. We move in later this month.
Cool. You can set up the WiFi which I will have a video on how to do soon
Yeah I saw the WiFi logo on the side of the opener, I'm guessing they have an app which will allow control from a smartphone? I'll look for your next video!
I just had one installed and love it so far. cant believe how quite my door is now. I also had nylon rollers installed which is a big help.
2:58 You are totally right about that I try to tell that to everybody lift master and Chamberlain Anything with those type of limits they will bypass the dowel limit there was a house they were building across the street and they had it shutting too hard down and the emergency release rope and handle was installed incorrectly you do a heckuva job on every garage door insulation but with this job in particular there’s a huge gap on the bottom corner of the garage door because they just screwed it in and I can easily rip off the tracks off the wall but you are doing a great job keep up the amazing work
I unplug mine in FL over the Summer months. Thanks for the video, mine was going past the down limit that was set, and coming right back up. possible lost the memory for the limits. I just reset them, thanks to you the door is working OK now.
Awesome glad to hear you got it back up and running. Thx.
I am getting one of these next week. My 20 year old liftmaster started to come up as soon as it went down so I called the company I have used twice to fix it. Man came out promptly and supposedly fixed it. Two hours after he left it started doing the same thing again, but even worse. I called after hours and they sent out another tech the next day on Saturday. She worked on it for an hour and took the unit apart. Glad I was watching her! While apart and still plugged into power she must have crossed two wires with her screwdriver and there was a LARGE spark that I witnessed. It really startled her. Now not even the light bulbs work. She said it was not her fault. I have stopped payment on the check I wrote yesterday and am going with one of these, from another company.
Wow you must have got the lemon one out of the batch. We just have been using Genie for the time being and no call backs out of the 80 we have installed so far. We have a customer with the 8550 that is acting up as well. We might just change it out to a Genie to make a happy customer.
Yes, newer LiftMaster and Chamberlain models do tend to run past their down limits, Ive dealt with that on numerous occasions. I cant quite figure out why they do that either, and only the down limit does it.. I actually have a video on my channel called "New Chamberlain HD420ev that replaced a LM1160" its of a Chamberlain Chain Drive unit that I installed, and was on a door that ran a bit rough do to plastic non ball bearing Rollers the operator would run 1 or 2 inches past is down limit, and force the rail of the operator to bow up and hit the ceiling.. I tried to stop the down limit an inch short of the door hitting the floor, but then not only would the limit actually stay where it was supposed to, but because the door ran rough, the opener wouldn't push the door all the way closed.. So I had to find a happy medium and shorten the lift arm 1 hole and set the limit a to where the door just grazes the floor, and the limit ultimately ran an inch past... Even though it was still more then I like, I had to leave it. I bet played with it for 45mins or so.. Some guy even nailed me on that in the comments... lol as much as I like the electronically set limits, I miss the dials.. Also you are very correct about the light bulbs! I actually know a guy who has ties with Liftmaster, I am definitely going to suggest that to him.
That's good to know. I would be so happy if I could get LiftMaster light bulbs.
Great video. It was storming yesterday and there was some lightening and thunder but the electricity didn't go out. However the sensor lights and rest of the lights weren't on. A manual override to open the garage door was used and I think the unit was unplugged and it was reset. Problem: the sensor lights and wall opener lights are fine but the motor is stuck at the top and reprogramming using those arrow buttons made it move up more (it's now touching the bolt near the overhead unit and thus can't go further up), but it won't do anything when pushing the arrow down button. No obstruction of trolley and door moves fine. The emergency release clicked back into place when I pushed the garage door all the way up to connect with the motor.
Hi, I came across your video just now, (we have a small family run garage door business) and was nice to see you talking about this opener as it is our most popular of all the Liftmaster models we sell. It was interesting to see that you pointed out some of the issues we have seen. Sometimes with this model we have had to do a few logic board replacements and the down travel limit, same issue you mentioned. Also, we have seen the travel limit modules go in a few more than we care to see so we actually carry a few of those too. Great video. I will share this with our son, I am sure he will like it too.
I have this exact opener and last week it starting giving me issues. It's only about 4 years old and never been abused honestly. It all started last week when I closed it, it no longer wanted to open.
The trolly would travel about 1-3 inches at most and go back not even enough force to open or move the door. Then the unit would just flash 5 times.
I unplugged the unit from the power and pulled the manual cord and opened and closed it. Reconnected the power and still nothing. After a few more times of me trying to opening it and it just doing those tiny pulls all of a sudden I pulled the manual cord one more time then Opened and closed it shut,when i hit the button to open instead of the trolly traveling to the open position when it was in the close position it started to go further in the closed position. This ended up causing a slight bend in the rail.
I removed the belt and tried to set the limits but when I press the up arrow to set the open limit it does nothing. Only the down arrow works which sets the closed position.
I had a company come out and look at it and of course they just want to replace the whole unit along with the rail for $900.
The arrows on the unit do flash in the following order up arrow 1 time down arrow 5 times. The manual says this can be the logic board that might need replacing.
Anyone have any insight or I'm I better of just getting a new unit?
That door and opener sounded good together...
Happy Marriage lol
A gold nugget, good guy video, good stuff, TYVM.
Thank you for the good basic overview as a homeowner reading the manual are we able to set the garage door by just replacing with the LiftMaster. four O eight five O nine thirty nine hundred.
Can these be operated with a simple button push like openers were before all the circuitry was incorporated? I don't like their Time To Close function in that there doesn't seem to be any way to passively override the auto close function. I have my own method, but it will only operate with a momentary pulse, like the old Genie's.
And here's a work-around for your lighting issue. I bought a couple of 4' LED tube fixtures and using a screw to two prong plug adapter, I light the whole garage.
We have had LiftMaster for 12 years (tornado took one @ 5 years old) both chain drive. We're upgrading to the belt drive either 8355 or 8550.
For the little extra cost I would go with 8550 battery back up it has a really nice wall button with digital time and temperature read out on it.
Thank you for the fast reply. We don't know which one we are getting. We asked for a LiftMaster belt drive and the installer gave us a quote. We're in our 70"s and lot of bells and whistles only make life harder. Two 8' garage doors (all sensors and wires are in) new car remotes and wall switch. $920.00 Guy said something about life time guarantee on unit and belt.
Well he's in the ball park for price. I would life time guarantee them as well. I have only worked on about 8 of them out of the 15yrs I have been installing them. With the chain drives... well I have worked on hundreds of them with the internal plastic gear that goes bad from all the vibrations from the chain it chews them up. Average life for chain drive is 10-15 years. Long live your belt drives.
Yes I have come across the loss of limit setting
I have asked Liftmaster and they say no that's been fixed lol.
Hi, I have the 8355w with no backup battery. Is there a way to open or close the door manually during power outages?
Should have a manual release up by the J arm. Look for a red handle / rope. Good luck hope this helps.
I just tried to set the limits and now it is in the upward position chattering trying to continue to open up the door once’s it’s hit it’s limit 😬
O no sounds like you might be in a Pickle. Might have to call in a professional. That doesn't sound good at all.
I was told, if you open the door halfway, unplug it, wait 30 sec, then plug it back in, it compleatly forget it's limits. Nice work Liftmaster, LOL LOL
No way. I'm going to try that on the next one I install.
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he's partially correct. If you partially open the door unplug it for a bit (about a minute), it forgets the down limit. what I found is that it will continue pushing down until it trips the force setting or the guy in the room reverses the door. I dont know if they fixed the problem on current models as I have a 2014 model year 8355. I've had one unit where the force settings don't work half the time essentially the unit is audibly straining before reversing or stopping (maximum force is applied). I've also had a unit unplugged for the winter (about 3 months) and after restoring power, the limit settings were forgotten and the wall control no longer worked. when my 8360 dies I'm considering replacing it with a linear, a genie, or something that has better quality control.
THANK YOU
I'm actually not a big fan of the 8355s. I like the 8550s, 8365s, and the 8587s.
From the myQ app it says there is a 1-5 error. The garage opened just fine and then got that error and won’t close. Tried detaching the door and reconnecting it with no luck. Reset the breaker with no luck. Anyone else run into this?
Ok so I got a question so me and my grandpa I have two genie Excelerator‘s on a 8 foot garage door they are been on the doors for about 19 years they are still working perfectly but my grandpa is around 78 and we need something that has less maintenance so I am thinking about a LiftMaster 8550 I heard there are some problems about them and I am wondering where I can buy them and where I can get them so I can install them in your opinion I know you installed many openers and keep up the good work and I hope you get back to me because I would like some information please thank you and keep up the good work on your openers .
So at this time and place I would say the Liftmaster 8550 is your best option. I have had one problem with the 8550 on a 18X8 when a customer lost power it would not close on the battery back up it would have a error saying force detected we solved it by putting pusher springs on it. I got some different Openers I'm trying out but can't say it they are good or not yet. Hope this helps. If your looking for a 8550 your best place is a dealer just Google it. I would consider having them installing it just because if you have and problems you can make it there problem and not yours lol.
Good luck God bless.
AFFORDABLE DOOR & GATE LLC thanks and we had someone look at my grandpa’s garage and the spring was broken and we had overhead doors put it in now the door is 60 pounds off balance and it needs to get fixed who do you recommend to put in a new spring correctly thanks again:)🇺🇸
My installer isntalled the rail (top bar) slightly tilted down instead of straight. Is that normal? He says he has done plenty but i see the bar straight everywhere.
Why do you have that emergency release rope so short ??
I had a customer one time years ago have the emergency rope rap around the roof rack of a suv and take the entire door down. I don't ever want to see that aging.
AFFORDABLE DOOR & GATE LLC alright that’s understandable dang but what happens if it is just a small car and a very nice old lady 👵🏼?
The rope got shut in my rear door of my expedition and when I backed up it pulled the rope and the door started coming down and I didn’t notice and I ran into the door and knocked it off the tracks and it broke the rear window washer nozzle. I tie mine up high now.
6:04 what??? Is the LiftMaster 8500 affected?
The only problem I have seen with the 8500 is the keypad will not work after some time like it's just not there. I Go back and reprogram it and it's good to go again kind weird.
I’m on my 3rd it had been pro. Installed and and now the travel is gone ? Everyone said how good it is I think if this is fixed and screws up a game I’m lost
Good opener on a crappy door
Thanks for showing the my q serial number!
So belt or chain? What last longer? Does the belt stretch out after awhile and need replacement.
Just uploaded a video to try and help you. Take care out there. Thanks.
I have a 2010 Ford f150 and I can't figure out how to program it to my liftmaster garage door opener and it's the same model the 8355. Do I need something else to make it work? Thank you
I wouldn't think so but I tell my customers nothing works better then the remote sure looks ugly but so does your tv remote but it works and makes life better lol.
Once Liftmaster changed to Yellow antenna and learn button, the car has to be at least from 2012. You can also buy an aftermarket "repeater" from Liftmaster. That would make your car programmable.
You lost me at the pitfall. Cant count on one hand how many times you changed gears on the 8355w belt. Or is it the chain one you changed gears alot? Getting one installed next month. Why do they make them plastic anyways? Like the plastic carbs on lawnmowers now.
Lol I use Genie now. The chains are the ones that chew up the gears.
My garage door open and close by itself from time to time， sometimes it opened in the mid of night, and closed by itself after, any comment for that?
I have seen them do it with florescent lights next to them or if it has those compact fluorescent light's in the head unit. Try the genie light bulbs they sell them at lowe's.
Thanks for the video buddy!
I got quoted 450 for the 8355w, what’s the difference in price for the 8550w?
With my vendor it's 40 bucks more. Definitely worth it. Battery back up and a nicer wall stations.
AFFORDABLE DOOR & GATE LLC I wish it were only 40-50 more, I’d do it in a heartbeat! But I don’t think so, not by me anyway.
@@luvmybeemer Yeah I just called are sale rep and he said it's 30 dollars more to upgrade that's a shame it's not cheaper in your neck of the woods.
AFFORDABLE DOOR & GATE LLC I wish I had an honest and better yet FAIR installer like yourself. I prefer the Liftmaster over the Chamberlain.
Ats?
I have a great and knowledgeable technician and would great to have in your circle of influence. He is the owner of Metro Overhead in Omaha, Nebraska. Niel is name I believe.