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  1. How old is it? I'm gonna guess that it's past the end of it's life expectancy. Just be thankful that you can get parts for it! Most of that stuff is just "throw away" grade.

    04/00 is what's coded on the sticker, so it's got almost a decade of use. $30 every decade isn't too horrible a maintenace cost I suppose.

  2. The plastic drive gear has made pretty plastic snowflakes inside the opener and my garage door no longer works. I need a new gear. I was just contemplating what the failure mode would be if the gears were metal? More expensive I'd assume since I'd likely be replacing a burnt out motor instead of $30 in plastic gears. Intentional design feature or 'value eningeering'? Hmmmm

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