Manually move the garage door and return to down position.
Resetting garage door pull cord.
To manually open most garage doors you simply pull a corded handle that is attached to the door.
How to release and reset the emergency cord on a garage door in case of a power outage or equipment failure you may find yourself needing to operate your garage door manually.
The emergency release cord is there to make sure that doesn t happen.
This disengages the electric drive from the door and you can manually open and close it.
Pull the emergency release cord toward the door.
You will notice that there is a lever that moves up and down when you pull on the cord.
Once the power is restored to the garage door opener you must.
Step 2 will allow you to freely move the garage door open and close.
An emergency release cord on the garage door arm opens the trolley to allow you to disengage the garage door from the opener.
Depending on your model you will have to move the chord to the appropriate location.
To reset it begin by pulling the cord in the opposite direction.
You should feel and see the lever attach itself to the automatic door opener.
Garage door openers are handy appliances until something goes wrong then they can actually make it harder to open the door.