Just pull the red cord straight down to disengage the door from the opener.
How to hook up garage door opener after pulling red cord.
An emergency release cord on the garage door arm opens the trolley to allow you to disengage the garage door from the opener.
You will notice that there is a lever that moves up and down when you pull on the cord.
You should feel and see the lever attach itself to the automatic door opener.
Once the power is restored to the garage door opener you must.
Once the door is all the way up pull the red cord at an angle.
Once that s done you can move the whole door back manually.
Depending on your model you will have to move the chord to the appropriate location.
How to run your garage door manually when you have a power failure or garage door opener problems.
The emergency release cord is there to make sure that doesn t happen.
In my case you simply pull on the red lever which removes the motor and gear from the track.
These aren t very heavy and it s not too difficult to do just make sure there isn t anyone in the way.
Below are some simple instructions so you know exactly how to quickly reset your garage door.
Then i can manually lift it up and exit the garage just like i did when i was a little kid and we didn t have an automatic garage door opener.
Now you need to pull back on the release cord.
Getting out of the garage wasn t a huge issue.