How to Manually Close a Wayne-Dalton Prodrive Door Opener

Wayne-Dalton is a U.S. company headquartered in the Amish country of Ohio. The company manufactures garage doors, automatic garage door openers and storm protection for your home. Wayne-Dalton Prodrive garage door openers are either chain or belt driven, depending on the model. Since this type of opener is electrically operated, a backup system is in place to close or open the door in case the electricity goes out or if there is a mechanical malfunction with the opener.

6-foot stepladder

Instructions

- 1
  Open a 6-foot stepladder and place it under the open garage door.
- 2
  Locate the red release knob on the garage door trolley, which is the part that attaches to the track mounted to the garage ceiling.
- 3
  Pull down on the release knob to disconnect the door from the track.
- 4
  Remove the ladder if the garage door stayed fully open. Use a helper to assist you in lowering the garage door if it fell against the top of the stepladder when the release knob was pulled. Note: If this happened, the door springs may be weak, and the door may be too heavy for one person to lower.
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  Close the garage door by hand using the handles on the door.

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