We just put a brand new Genie Belt Drive up and it's so stupid quiet 🤫. I mean with the chain you could hear in farthest bedroom / television off but now you can't really hear it with the television off in the living room. Ranch style house (1686 Sq. Ft.), garage, laundry room, and kitchen kinda attached with the living room butted up to the kitchen. I mean it's stupid quiet and if my security system didn't ding with movement in the camera you would never know anyone was in the garage or coming into the house.
I just did this simple fix a few weeks ago and took all of 5-10 minutes. I can’t stress enough, no not over tighten! It’s ok to do a few test runs to ensure you have the right tension. 👍
Gotta be honest...I watched the video even though I don't have a Garage. Just watched to check out your new-to-you New Hampshire Home. Hoping NH living is everything and more for you and your Family.
Nice pro tip! I lubricated my chain, wheels and spring about a week ago but didn't notice the excessive slack in the chain until you dropped this video. I just made this adjustment, it took 5 min or less counting hunting down my 1/4 inch wrench. The door did seem to quiet down some and I see the chain vibrating and suspect that vibrations designed to be carried by the chain were being transferred elsewhere this whole time! BTW, I used a vice grip to keep the chain from rotating, that's a tip I learned from your vid on replacing a lawn mower blade. Keep em coming.
I've been following your simple how-to advice for several years now. It's made a huge difference, keeping long term repair costs down and increasing the enjoyment of my home. Thank you. Your videos are just the right length with excellent camera angles and detailed voiceovers. Would love to see some tips/reviews on your Kubota tractor and other gear for large property maintenance.
You moving is the best thing this channel needs. The endless amount of videos that will come out of this new home should boost your views and subscribers. Goodluck on the new home!
Went belt drive years ago. Soooo much quieter! I probably wouldn’t pay to replace A perfectly good chain drive unit, but if I was ever replacing one, belt drive for the win!
We just put a brand new 1.25 hp Genie Belt Drive up and it's so stupid quiet 🤫 (go big or go home). I mean with the 0.5 hp Genie Chain Drive you could hear in farthest bedroom / television off but now you can't really hear it with the television off in the living room. Ranch style house (1686 Sq. Ft.), garage, laundry room, and kitchen kinda attached with the living room butted up to the kitchen. I mean it's stupid quiet and if my security system didn't ding with movement in the camera you would never know anyone was in the garage or coming into the house.
Wow! What a difference! Never adjusted any of the two doors (22 years). The single door was OK, but the double door was sagging below the rail. Thanks for the tip.
I did this for mine but the locking nut was actually on the other side (left instead of right). Also definitely recommend opening and then closing the garage door and readjust. I had to readjust a second time. Thank you! They don't teach you this stuff when one buys a home for the first time.
I love this channel. If I may add a suggestion to this video. Permatex 80070 Silicone Spray Lubricant. Chase down squeaks with this guy after this repair is done. I got my real loud garage door almost whisper quiet with this fix, the lubricant fix, and then some custom fabricating to get rid of some rattling throughout the system.
Thank you! I have two Liftmaster garage door openers where the chains were starting to droop. Did a little tightening of both and the doors are operating a lot better. I also had one rail on one door that was just little more gap between the down rail at the top and the side rail. I put a piece of Gorilla tape in the rail and that covered the gap enough to quiet the door. (I don't want to start mucking with the rail bolts...).
Any advice for a screw drive system? Love your channel, found many home improvements through your videos! I've watched a lot of videos on garage doors but haven't figured out my problem yet.
I'm sure curious as to what the door motor mount bracket is connected to at 3:17 (top section). Looks like they would have to double or triple up on the rail. I don't imagine there's a style there but maybe one was installed. I would have set the strut closer to the bracket with a LHT. In most cases, the door is set heavy so as to allow the weight to help close the door. This way helps the top panel from being pushed against the top of the opening. Without proper backing on the door for the bracket, you're asking a lot from the lag bolts, apparently it's held up thus far but I wouldn't be comfortable with it.
The tractor was perfectly placed for door opening. I would love to see a quick walk around your new home. Maybe some ideas in your brain can be shared during walk through.
I've oliled mine, and increased the torque but my 1/2 hp doesn't have enough power anymore. It thinks something is holding it back, I'm gonna have to adjust my center spring
I have a 35 year old screw drive. Loud AF, but refuses to stop working. A little grease once a year keeps it as quiet as possible, that isn't very quiet.
I live in a condo building with an underground parkade. The chain is where it's supposed to be, but the whole door is loud. If I want to lubricate the rollers, what type of grease or oil should I use?
Dude! I suspected my chain ⛓️💥 was loose, so much so, it is hanging 5 or 6 inches below the bar. Funny how repair men pretended like they don't notice when fixing just what's broken and not mentioning it. Do they assume I'm too cheap to pay for maintenance, or just letting it be so they can respond to a catastrophic failure. I think it's the latter.
I disagree that this is the most common problem with garage doors making noise. From my experience, it's the house settling and the rails needing to be realigned properly.
The absolute worst drive sytem. Runs forever, loud as hell. Sprays dirt on your door and cars. Get a belt drive when it breaks. You wont be dissapointed.
why don't you show us all how to put a muffler on a gas generator so that we wouldn't be hurt all over the neighborhood and it would be as quiet as a car engine running that would be quite the project for you
Considering he has spent a lot of time showing battery solutions for powering a whole house, I don’t think SC is going to be showing gas generator muffler mods any time soon.
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We just put a brand new Genie Belt Drive up and it's so stupid quiet 🤫. I mean with the chain you could hear in farthest bedroom / television off but now you can't really hear it with the television off in the living room. Ranch style house (1686 Sq. Ft.), garage, laundry room, and kitchen kinda attached with the living room butted up to the kitchen. I mean it's stupid quiet and if my security system didn't ding with movement in the camera you would never know anyone was in the garage or coming into the house.
Sir- Has anyone ever told you, that you look
a lot like actor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Rubinek when he was
younger? Uncanny resemblance.
When are you going to make a video about that ebike back there?!
@@DonaldAJr I installed one of those last year, it is super quiet, but it moves too slow. I can't find a way to adjust the travel speed.
I have a message says I was selected for a giveaway to send you a message to a link . Is it a scam I assumed it was.
I just did this simple fix a few weeks ago and took all of 5-10 minutes. I can’t stress enough, no not over tighten! It’s ok to do a few test runs to ensure you have the right tension. 👍
Gotta be honest...I watched the video even though I don't have a Garage. Just watched to check out your new-to-you New Hampshire Home. Hoping NH living is everything and more for you and your Family.
Nice pro tip! I lubricated my chain, wheels and spring about a week ago but didn't notice the excessive slack in the chain until you dropped this video. I just made this adjustment, it took 5 min or less counting hunting down my 1/4 inch wrench. The door did seem to quiet down some and I see the chain vibrating and suspect that vibrations designed to be carried by the chain were being transferred elsewhere this whole time!
BTW, I used a vice grip to keep the chain from rotating, that's a tip I learned from your vid on replacing a lawn mower blade.
Keep em coming.
Perfect timing!
Mine's gradually gotten louder and jerkier lately... thought it was the heat wave
I've been following your simple how-to advice for several years now. It's made a huge difference, keeping long term repair costs down and increasing the enjoyment of my home. Thank you. Your videos are just the right length with excellent camera angles and detailed voiceovers.
Would love to see some tips/reviews on your Kubota tractor and other gear for large property maintenance.
You moving is the best thing this channel needs. The endless amount of videos that will come out of this new home should boost your views and subscribers. Goodluck on the new home!
Went belt drive years ago. Soooo much quieter! I probably wouldn’t pay to replace A perfectly good chain drive unit, but if I was ever replacing one, belt drive for the win!
Yeah and chains tend to rust
We just put a brand new 1.25 hp Genie Belt Drive up and it's so stupid quiet 🤫 (go big or go home). I mean with the 0.5 hp Genie Chain Drive you could hear in farthest bedroom / television off but now you can't really hear it with the television off in the living room. Ranch style house (1686 Sq. Ft.), garage, laundry room, and kitchen kinda attached with the living room butted up to the kitchen. I mean it's stupid quiet and if my security system didn't ding with movement in the camera you would never know anyone was in the garage or coming into the house.
Your new house has been such a blessing for repairs on my old house ;) Thanks for everything!
Wow! What a difference! Never adjusted any of the two doors (22 years). The single door was OK, but the double door was sagging below the rail.
Thanks for the tip.
Great tutorial. This did the trick! Thank you. I went ahead and lubricated the rollers and now I have a very quiet and functional garage door!
Tried that right after watching this, it worked perfectly...Thanks.
I did this for mine but the locking nut was actually on the other side (left instead of right). Also definitely recommend opening and then closing the garage door and readjust. I had to readjust a second time. Thank you! They don't teach you this stuff when one buys a home for the first time.
Appreciate all the content. Look forward to all your upcoming videos at the new place 👍🏼
Beautiful video like always 👍♥️
As a single woman I really appreciate your channel and all your tips. Thank you. 👍🏼⭐️
Went right out to my door and it looked exactly like yours, sagging chain. First thing to do tomorrow, thanks!
I have belt drive units and they are adjusted the same exact way. Love the videos and congrats on the new house!
Tightened mine up a year or two ago. Glad to see that I was mostly on track.
Great Information!
I spray motorcycle chain lube on my garage door's moving parts. Made it super quiet. Repeat every couple of years.
Thanks for the tip. My garage door system is 38 years old so I had to remove 4 chain links but it worked a treat.
Watched this video and check my garage doors are having the same symptom. Such an easy fix. Thanks Silver.
Thanks I needed this at my work
muchas gracias muy importante video
I love this channel. If I may add a suggestion to this video.
Permatex 80070 Silicone Spray Lubricant. Chase down squeaks with this guy after this repair is done. I got my real loud garage door almost whisper quiet with this fix, the lubricant fix, and then some custom fabricating to get rid of some rattling throughout the system.
Thank you! I have two Liftmaster garage door openers where the chains were starting to droop. Did a little tightening of both and the doors are operating a lot better.
I also had one rail on one door that was just little more gap between the down rail at the top and the side rail. I put a piece of Gorilla tape in the rail and that covered the gap enough to quiet the door. (I don't want to start mucking with the rail bolts...).
I'm going to the garage right now!
This was super helpful! Thanks
Learned one more thing today! Thank you!
So good. Thank you for this excellent video.
Alot of good information here. If your door is slamming though this isn't why
Good job.
So many people nowadays just have no clue about anything mechanical.
Would you also do a video about lubing the parts of the garage door?
Thx for this video my chain was sagging and super loud, with your help I fixed it myself thank you.
Actually useful information, as usual. Your site is surely one of the best for homeowners. Many thanks.
Good vid, as usual. 👍
Great tip!
Didn’t apply to my jack shaft but still very informative. Keep ‘em coming.
If you’ve got the old type with the extension springs check and lubricate the pulley bearings too.
My garage door opener just started making creaking noises in the last couple years,... my doctor told me it was arthritis.
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Any advice for a screw drive system? Love your channel, found many home improvements through your videos! I've watched a lot of videos on garage doors but haven't figured out my problem yet.
Lubricate with low temperature high performance grease that comes In a tube. Take the tip and run it down the entire length of the screw.
I'm sure curious as to what the door motor mount bracket is connected to at 3:17 (top section). Looks like they would have to double or triple up on the rail. I don't imagine there's a style there but maybe one was installed. I would have set the strut closer to the bracket with a LHT. In most cases, the door is set heavy so as to allow the weight to help close the door. This way helps the top panel from being pushed against the top of the opening. Without proper backing on the door for the bracket, you're asking a lot from the lag bolts, apparently it's held up thus far but I wouldn't be comfortable with it.
Thank you, worked for me! 😎
So glad it helped!
I have a new construction home (3yrs) and have no issues with my garage door. But I watch all of your videos anyways 😂
Great tip I see the work has just begun ! If anyone can fix 🤷 just saying 👍
Hello my friend. This is more than just a video, you put love and passion into it. Great job! New power for your channel. Good luck 💗🌻🌹🌸
What the hell is wrong with you?
Perfect maintenance tip. Keep up the awesome videos
Nice Kubota! Can we get a new house tour, that would be cool!
thank you! just adjusted mine after watching!
Good tip.
Thanks! I looked in my garage and it was exactly like yours- with little boys in my house you saved my butt from an accident
I think it’s finally time to upgrade my 2010 MBP
The tractor was perfectly placed for door opening. I would love to see a quick walk around your new home. Maybe some ideas in your brain can be shared during walk through.
Nice,,,love your work,
Good tutorial. Thanks!
Man this is super helpful!!!
Great video! Are you KipKay?
Show a roller replacement on the door. Metal wheels are really loud.
Awesome! So simple.
Helpful!
I've oliled mine, and increased the torque but my 1/2 hp doesn't have enough power anymore. It thinks something is holding it back, I'm gonna have to adjust my center spring
If your problem is JUST squeaky, I find a white lithium grease spritz in the roller bearings about annually quiets everything down.
What brand of Electric Bike is that in the garage. Very cool.
Plus replace with rubber wheels and even the rubber shock mounts if you want it quieter. Especially if it’s attached.
I’m gonna try this when I have time. I’m saying a prayer when it shakes and makes a horrible noise in the middle of closing and opening 😂
This partially fixed the issue, but the main reason was the big springs were not tight enough. And boy them things are super difficult to tighten
I have the same exact garage door opener.
I have a 35 year old screw drive. Loud AF, but refuses to stop working. A little grease once a year keeps it as quiet as possible, that isn't very quiet.
I’m gonna check my clunky chain-driven door right now
Nice tractor
I live in a condo building with an underground parkade. The chain is where it's supposed to be, but the whole door is loud. If I want to lubricate the rollers, what type of grease or oil should I use?
lithium grease
Any lubricants to trolly? Chain tightening didn’t fix the jerk movements while closing
Five Stars!
If the chain starts sagging, it needs a gearset. Adjusting will only help for a short while.
When is Kubota video coming?
I replaced the nylon gear in my chamberlain opener n now it makes noise when operating. I’ll recheck the chain
Should we apply grease to these chain?
Ur great
I dont have a garage but cool!
Dude! I suspected my chain ⛓️💥 was loose, so much so, it is hanging 5 or 6 inches below the bar. Funny how repair men pretended like they don't notice when fixing just what's broken and not mentioning it. Do they assume I'm too cheap to pay for maintenance, or just letting it be so they can respond to a catastrophic failure. I think it's the latter.
Wonder why they don't engineer these mechanisms with a tensioning gear similar to a multi speed bicycle?
Don't forget to LUBE the chain and any points of rotation on the garage door opener AND the garage doors themselves.
Why does a door open, start to slide back down a few inches, and then jump back up repeatedly? I tried everything... but obv not the right thing!
This actually works with a belt drive too, at least with my belt drive
It's like the holee mod for mechanical keyboards
Ayyy
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Went shaft drive. Silent.
I disagree that this is the most common problem with garage doors making noise. From my experience, it's the house settling and the rails needing to be realigned properly.
Interesting, I haven't found that to be the case but maybe it depends where you are, some areas could be more prone to it than others.
@@SilverCymbal yeah house settling is pretty bad here in central Texas
I’ve got a real loud bang on mine when it going past the 3/4 mark or a little higher. Any ideas what it could be, Sir.
Cheers.
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Chains suck. That’s why I prefer Genie Screw Drive.
The absolute worst drive sytem. Runs forever, loud as hell. Sprays dirt on your door and cars. Get a belt drive when it breaks. You wont be dissapointed.
Have a blessed day and know that Jesus loves You
Just buy a new house with a new door. Problem solved. Btw be careful of that spring. It can literally kill you.
Video unhelpful, did not show a exrosisim tutorial
why don't you show us all how to put a muffler on a gas generator so that we wouldn't be hurt all over the neighborhood and it would be as quiet as a car engine running that would be quite the project for you
Considering he has spent a lot of time showing battery solutions for powering a whole house, I don’t think SC is going to be showing gas generator muffler mods any time soon.
@@DaivG well it's a great adaptation for those who can't afford solar and already have a generator like me
Great tips!