[widebody911]

The garage door opener at my g/f's house has developed an issue - it won't stay running long enough to complete an open or close operation; it stops at random points and reverses itself. For fun, I disconnected the door from the track, and the motor still only runs a few seconds before stopping.

When I started looking at the problem, the motor itself was mounted from two strips of plumbers tape, so that it bounced around wildly while running. It was running like this since 1999. The first thing I did was set up a proper hanging system to keep the motor from moving. At first, this seemed to fix the problem, but within a few open/close cycles, the problem returned.

I've messed with the sensitivity settings, magic beam alignment, but nothing seems to work. Is it just time to accept that the motor is FUBAR and install a new one? Is there something else I should be looking at?