Just a Note - Your old opener was a Chamberlain. If you had purchased a Chamberlain Belt drive opener, it would have bolted right up to the original mounting location.
Still depends on the model. I did one last year and had to redo pretty much everything. I need to do it again for a somewhat newer model, I hope it will be like what you said.
@@yamipizza8357 if it’s his kids, it’s not baby sitting. It’s simply being a parent. Smh. A baby sitter is someone who looks after kids while the parents are out.
Shawn or anyone, is it okay to replace a 25 yr old Raynor chain 1/2 hp with a belt drive 3/4 or 1.25 hp motor? Or should the hp be the same? Thank you and great video. I appreciate the 5-6 hours as most diy’ers say 20 minutes which is not realistic when you have kids.
Thank you sir! Nice that you included the bump in the road with having to move the mount. I suspect I’ll have the same issue. Best wishes to Spider-man also 🙂
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Good job. I changed from a chain to a belt drive when my 20 year old Chamberlain finally quit working as well. The belt doesn't really make it much quieter, you need to insulate your door, lubricate wheels, tracks, etc., just like you mentioned. Great job getting your son involved early on, lol. Well done. 👍
There is a home repair guy here on YT that has videos to make you garage door quieter. I recommends spring loaded hinges that keep the door close against the door opening. Then he uses plastic (nylon) tube inserts for the roller pins. Lastly he recommends nylon rollers. All together that makes it a lot quieter. Adding insulation to the door will stop the door from vibrating and amplifying the noise also.
I recently did the same conversion shown here. Chain to belt, both Genie brand. I hoped to use the old track also, but it was clear quickly that they were completely different in shape, length, etc. The opener and the track are really a pair, and you need them both changed. I also found that the track was about 8 inches shorter than expected, and I moved the ceiling brackets just as you did. Maybe the track extension kit would have also solved this problem, but it's easy enough to move the bracket, especially if the ceiling joists/studs run parallel to the opener track. The bolt holes on the wall and track bracket above the door were spaced the same, and that was nice. The process is made easier by having a previous opener in place, as you mentioned, as you already know how it will align, but it's still a fiddly process. Prob took me about 3+ hours to get it all wrapped up. The sensor wires ran slightly different from what was in place before, so I had to adjust my brain to that, the travel adjustment is different (but easier), etc. Everything with the new opener is better than the old one, which makes sense, considering the old one lasted 20 years. The belt opener is definitely quieter in my case, and overall, completing this task is a big accomplishment. If all goes well, I will forget everything I relearned in doing this in the next 20 years, when I may need to do this again. Your video was helpful and entertaining. Thanks
Great Video! My Chamberlain just suffered death by 7 iron (I have a golf simulator in the garage), and this video helped my planning for replacement. Thank you! 🙂
Iam new at this and have been trying to find the difference between belt drive and chain drive. Been looking for 30 mins and no where, no where does anybody explain the differences. Only thing I have found out is the noise difference. Frustrating.😅
I've installed these openers 5 times in my life. They can be time consuming, especially if there wasn't an opener there already. I am about to switch over from chain to belt, I was hoping to use the same "track" but It seems that is not doable. Thanks for the great video !! Your son is so cute !!!
How has this opener worked so far? My Garage door is 16 X 8 and the current one is a chain-drive and thinking of changing it to this from Costco. Sounds like I may need an extension for bigger doors?
Thanks for this video, I'm about to do the same for my sister's house. I'm pretty handy but never done this before so it's helpful to see all the steps involved
I am doing this now. When the old unit comes down the sheetrock around the front of the door where it's currently mounted is also going to come down and I'm going to put insulation behind it. For some reason when they built my house they finished off the garage but sheetrock up smooth a bit and even painted it but they didn't put insulation behind it! And in Texas that just translates to a very hot garage. Why they didn't spend the extra hundred bucks to insulate the garage before they put the sheetrock up is beyond me. The internal walls between the house and the garage are insulated but the exterior ones where the garage touches up against the outside walls is not and it's just the two walls the front and the one side drives me crazy
I have an older awning garage door, which have a 1/2 horsepower power chain garage opener. I want to to replace it with a belt driven garage door opener. This should work?
Extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing. About your relocation of the motor. They sell rail extensions for doors that require them. Wish they’d just include it in the box for those who don’t mind purchasing it whether they need it or not.