Garage Door Opener Stripped Gear-How do you remove a Roll Pin?
February 18, 2010 by: B.HardingQ: How do you remove a Roll Pin?
A: With a Craftsman Roll Punch from Sears
After about 10 years my garage door quit working. After a couple of turns of the screw driver I see that the innerds are full of gear dust. My drive gear is stripped!
To fix or replace? That is the question. I quickly discover that a new gear is only $12 on ebay and that includes grease and free shipping. Done.
When it arrives I come to a step in the instructions that simply says “remove roll pin from under the drive gear”.
Hmm. That seems to be a problem. As it turns out you need a Roll Punch to remove a Roll Pin. A tool which I do not own. Home Depot, no. Lowes, no. Sears, scoreboard! $20 bucks.
My garage door opener is now in full repair. I could probably return the set but I’ll probably need it in another 10 years.
Drive Gear Stripped
I have a query about garage doorways and security. Sorry if this isn’t the right place to ask it but I’m unsure where else to go. Clearly the thicker the garage door the safer it will be, however how will you make it possible for no intruders get in by any means? Is it doable to be 100 percent safe?
Definately the wrong place to ask. I’m just a dude who fixed his own garage door.
That said, It would be hard to break in by jacking up the garage door. Much easier and faster to just break a window. A crook wants to get in and out fast.
Best of luck!
Opened mine last night and discovered the exact same thing. An easy fix? and were you able to do it while it was still in place?
You have to remove the shaft with the gear on it and pound it out. Not difficult but it’s got to come out first.
Good post mate!! Keep ‘em flowing!