Genie 20414R Carriage for Screw Drive Operators

by Genie

Product Description

This drive carriage or traveller is for use with Genie screw drive openers. For all Genie screw drive garage door openers.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000JFFEFW
• Item model number: 20414R
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #962 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #7 in Home Improvement > Hardware > Garage Door Hardware > Garage Door Openers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy install, works great, October 16, 2010

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Qikstart (Chandler, AZ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Genie 20414R Carriage for Screw Drive Operators (Misc.)

My Genie garage door opener (potentially 15yrs old since I bought the home used) started making a horrible racket and wouldn't open or close, but didn't make any noise when I disconnected the carriage release from the screw drive. That pointed to a bad carriage. I was very happy to find this part on Amazon.

Installation was very easy:
1) pull the manual release cord on the carriage to disconnect it from the screw drive
2) remove the cotter pin/bolt from the old carriage and the angle bar that is attached to the garage door (leave the bar attached to the door)
3) remove single nut supporting the track at the front of the garage.
4) supporting the track with 1 hand, gently push the track off to one side just a couple of inches to allow you to slide off the existing carriage
NOTE: after you pull off the carriage, you'll probably notice that some/many/all of the teeth have broken off
5) slide the new carriage on being careful about the orientation - there's a directional arrow molded onto the new piece reminding you which side is towards the door
6) reattach the track to the front of the garage with the bolt
7) reattach the angle bar to the carriage using the cotter pin
8) remove the cord from your old carriage and tie it to the new one
9) engage the carriage by pulling up on the release lever; after pulling up on the lever, I found that wiggling it back and forth just a bit gave me a comforting feeling as I could hear/feel the teeth fall into place along the screw drive

This is a 10min job max. I did remove my carriage before buying the new one on here to confirm that it had problems, and as I mentioned in the note above, the broken teeth confirmed my suspicions.

To reiterate what some other people have said, this is NOT the magnetic carriage version. If you look carefully at the 2 models sold here, you can see the magnet sitting above and to the right of the release lever.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive fix for garage door repair, December 26, 2007

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D. Harrison - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Genie 20414R Carriage for Screw Drive Operators (Misc.)

Our garage door opener starting making a horrile noise and wouldn't open properly. In looking at the carriage for the screw drive, it appeared worn down. Since we really didn't want to purchase a new door opener, we took a chance this was the part that needed replacement. It was exactly what we needed and works great! Saved us lots of money and was easy to replace.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily fixed door that wouldn't open, October 9, 2007

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M. T. James (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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Web research indicates this carriage assembly (which engages with the long screw on Genie Screw-drive openers)is the most common failure with these type openers. But, neither of my local home centers carried the part, despite carrying the Genie brand openers and some other parts (seems they'd prefer to sell you a new opener). My door needed "help" to start opening, and the old carriage assembly didn't look too bad (a few chipped teeth), but the new carriage fixed the problem. Check that the door moves easily with the opener disengaged first (no sticking, broken springs, etc.).