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10-23-2012, 04:02 PM
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Garage Door Opener
Any of you guys had any luck shortening a belt drive garage door opener?
My brother and I was going to install one at my mom's place last Saturday but the Genie unit he bought was 123 inches long. The Craftsman chain drive we took out is only 107 inches long. The opener cannot be any longer because the main beam in the house runs thru the area directly behind the opener motor. I'm guessing someone shortened the chain drive unit to get it to fit. I saw what looks like a coupler for the belt on the new unit but he called Genie on Saturday and they said it couldn't be shortened. I looked online at a couple of sites that mentioned a belt drive can be shortened but it was more involved than shortening a screw drive. No details were given about how to accomplish it. He ordered it online and can return it but we thought if we could shorten it and have it work ok, we would like to install it.
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