The Garage Door is Fixed!

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Brian Here,

There was a lot of excitement around here on Tuesday evening when I came home with the delivered parts and lube delivered from Amazon.com. I was able to finally fix the garage door opener which was a great feeling. No more turning off the car before opening the garage door and pulling in! The installation was quite simple and I used Genie Lube to lubricate the screw shaft as recommended by the directions. Not only does the garage door opener work again but it is quieter than ever. YAY! Apparently Genie has been making these types of garage door openers since 1960 so it's possible that the garage door opener was installed in 1974 when our house was built. However, I would guess that it isn't quite that old due to the way it is installed. It looks more like it was installed after the original owners moved in. Still, it could easily be 30 years old.