Sears Craftsman LiftMaster Chamberlain Garage Door Opener Wireless Keypad Model 976LM Security+ Logo
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Gaarage Door I'm opening the garage door manually. I disconnected the trolley to do this. When I lift up the garage door is there something to keep the garage door up. After I remove my hand off the handle the door just rolls back down. I dont know what type of mechanism is used to keep the door up. The door works fine using the remote mode.

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Have you looked on both sides of the door at the bottom there should be cables. If they are not tight you probably have a damaged spring. Look up between the door and where the roller mounts are, there should be a tightly wound spring. This is what keeps the door up, if tension is lost then it will come back down. If it is broken it needs professional attention.

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