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