Garage door opener recommendation?

My garage door opener just went south with a terrible grinding noise and white plastic shavings on top of my Hellcat. Probably is as old as my house. Old Sears 1/2 HP. Early 80’s vintage. Anyone know any good ones. I don’t want anything to thick. I have only an 8 foot ceiling and a big one may limit how high I can jack a car. Thanks in advance.

 

I don’t have much more than two foot clearance now. Only issue I have with new ones is you can’t run out under them. I consider that a test of my youth. When I can’t make it anymore I figure I am done. I guess I will have to give that up?

 

There's a solution for the sensors. Just mount them up by the motor facing each other. No extra wiring or ANYTHING. Back to the normal car stuff.

 

I agree with Brad,put one in my barn extension and couldn't be happier,a little more costly though.

 

With only an 8’ ceiling it has a tight radius on the tracks which they call a low headroom kit. This puts a lot of stress on the opener and door. The bigger the radius the better. It looks like the opener hangs down about a foot or so off the ceiling? You might be able to put a higher lift track in there to get the opener and tracks closer to the ceiling?

 

I'll 3rd what greatscat & Brad said.

 

You could always try to put new plastic gears in it if the motor is still good. Bout 20 years ago, I fixed my old mans garage door opener. The gears were all shredded. However, not sure if they sell parts like that anymore.

 

He would have to change the spring system from the extension springs to a torsion style.

 

Just got this one for mine. DC motor with battery back up and belt drive is the ultimate system.

https://gatehousesupplies.com/liftm...MI-frY3rTl4gIVDJyzCh0_uAqnEAQYAiABEgLMPfD_BwE

If you get the sealed bearing, composite rollers, with the proper adjustment of the tracks and lubrication of the springs, and sheves, the door will be almost undetectably silent.

 

I changed the plastic gears in mine afew years ago. X2 on mounting the sensors on the motor.works great

 

Dave just get your wife to leave in the morning in a rush. Mine did i got 2 new garage doors. And the ford explorer did not get damaged. She blew them doors right off!

 

liftMaster rubber belt drive. Niiiice

 

Lift master is my favorite! Trouble Free!
Used on two different houses over 35 years.

 

Yes the best. Had sears forever. then switched. cadillac. Pittbulls Don’t bark when door opens. niiiice.

 

Having Liftmaster 8500W installed on my shop doors. Mounts on the shaft... Looking forward to them!

 

I’ve got a Chamberlain belt drive with battery backup. Quiet, smooth operation that works in a power failure. Very happy with it since installing it 6 years ago.

 

I put a Chamberlain 1 1/4 HP belt drive in with 3100 Lumens LED light. It also has built in WiFi so I can open it with a smart phone if I want to let someone in. Also has battery backup