Garage Door Opener MALFUNCTION over Our Shelby

[WT6066-2600]

Our Shelby is stored in a garage equipped with an STANLEY overhead chain driven garage door opener and has a control pad near the entry door.  We entered the other day and activated the door to open.

The garage door opened BUT did not stop.  Within the seconds it took to realize what was happening and deactivating the door, the trolley "two blocked (crashed)" into the opener drive unit.  The light panel fell out, the drive housing distorted with screws/plastic parts popping out, and the chain disengaged/fell after the gear casing broke in two.  Again, this all happened in seconds.

After removing everything, I noticed the manufacturer of drive motor – check the picture LOL.

[557]

Didn't they make water heaters and the like?

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Didn't they make water heaters and the like?

Their main biz today is water heaters. They have made many products over the years. Most of the time their products were parts and sub assemblies for other manufacturers.

https://www.aosmith.com/About/History/

[FL SAAC Team Leader]

very interesting did you check to see if this "one of the rare ones" maybe a "holy graile part " ?

[68krrrr]

Very funny but more important almost like poets justice, but did it damage your Shelby ? i had one of the wheels of our roll up door pop off & hit my 911 Turbo & put a scratch & dent in the rear fender.

[WT6066-2600]

Initiated this post to highlight that even in your garage "s**t" happens. Yes there was damage but not its first in my 40+ years of ownership.

Thanks for asking.

[2112]

Damn. I too had one fail without notice and the 12ft tall door fell back to the ground, thankfully just missing my 105 pound wife. Glad it wasn't worse.

[67 GT350]

Lucky
1424 had a spring break and crash down on the passenger top rear quarter, many years ago, like in the early 90's...it was when doors had 2 springs and there was to be a safety wire in it, but there wasn't ...