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AfterLinear Gate Motor & Opener in University Park: What to Know First
We provide independent Linear gate motor and opener repair and installation across University Park, and most jobs are diagnosed and fixed in one visit. A Linear opener that won’t respond, grinds, or moves a few inches and stops usually points to a bad limit switch, a failing capacitor, or a control board that’s lost its mind after a Texas thunderstorm. Call (936) 296-2568 and you’ll get Hal or one of his crew on the line, not a phone tree. This page is for homeowners in University Park who own a Linear gate system, know the brand by name, and want someone who can actually fix it without telling them to rip the whole thing out and start over.
How Linear Products Fail - and How We Fix Them
- Linear’s APeX slide gate operators eat drive belts in our heat. The belt tension loosens over a couple of University Park summers, then the belt walks off the pulley and the gate stops mid-travel. We see it on APeX residential slide motors all the time. The fix is a new belt, tension set against Linear’s spec, and a quick check of the idler bearing before it chews through the next one.
- Linear control boards (the LDCO series especially) don’t love power blinks. A brownout or a lightning strike nearby will scramble the board’s memory. The gate forgets its open and close limits, then sits there humming or slams into the stop. We re-flash and reset limits on site. If the board’s relay is cooked, we replace it, and we’ll tell you which aftermarket board is actually worth the savings and which one to skip.
- Limit switches on Linear swing arm operators get gritty and misread position. University Park has its share of live oaks and construction dust. The switch contacts pick up grit, the gate thinks it’s already open, and your keypad does nothing. We clean and re-gap the switches first before anyone quotes you a new motor. Nine times out of ten that’s all it was.
- The M3S and older Linear M series swing motors leak at the worm gear seal. Once the grease thins and water creeps in from a sprinkler head aimed too close to the post, the worm gear starts to whine, then strips. We reseal, repack, and set the gear lash. It’s honest work, and it keeps an otherwise healthy motor running for years instead of a month.
- Linear battery backup units go silent-dead without a warning light. Homeowners only find out the backup battery failed the day the power drops and the gate won’t budge. We test the cabinet under load, replace the sealed batteries on the spot, and show you how to read the charger status so you’re not caught flat the next time.
Our Linear Gate Motor & Opener Process
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You call, a person answers. Hal or his crew picks up. Tell us the gate won’t move, won’t stop, or sounds like a cement mixer. We’ll schedule a window and show up in it.
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We test everything with the gate in front of us. Power at the board, limit switch action, belt or chain tension, gear lash, and the capacitor. On a Linear, the symptom almost never matches the first guess.
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We tell you what’s actually wrong, in plain English. Then we give you the price before we touch a wrench. You agree, we work. No surprise on the invoice, ever.
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Parts: OEM Linear when it matters, quality aftermarket when it doesn’t. A Linear control board we replace with Linear. A generic capacitor or sealed battery we’ll source honestly and tell you the brand before it goes in.
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We run the gate through a full open-close cycle test. Limits, force settings, photo eyes, edge sensors, and the keypad. Then we watch it run a second time to be sure.
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You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it acts up again inside 90 days, one call brings Hal back. Fix the panel without the post and you’ll fix it twice. We don’t hand you that problem.
What Linear Gate Motor & Opener Costs in University Park
Expect real numbers, not a range that doubles by the time we ring your doorbell. A limit switch clean and re-gap on a Linear swing arm runs $140 to $220. A capacitor replacement is $90 to $160. A drive belt on an APeX slide unit runs $180 to $290 with tensioning and idler check included. A control board replacement on an LDCO series swing motor typically lands between $380 and $620 depending on whether we go OEM Linear or a known-good aftermarket board. A full motor replacement on a Linear M series swing operator runs $900 to $1,300 installed, and we’ll tell you straight if your existing motor is worth saving instead. Price is agreed before work starts, always. Call (936) 296-2568 for a free estimate. We don’t charge a trip fee inside the county.
Why University Park Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Linear Work
Hal Gatewood grew up not far from Goar Park and has been fixing gates in this part of Dallas since 2001. The name is on the shop, and the shop is down the road. That is the oldest accountability there is. We repair Linear openers other companies want to replace, and we weld on site so your gate never leaves your driveway. If your Linear unit is truly dead beyond saving, we also work on LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, so you’re never cornered into one brand or one way of doing things. Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise stamped in writing, not buried in fine print. Seniors and veterans get 10% off, every time. And a live person answers our phone around the clock.
FAQs
As an independent Linear service provider, our repairs using OEM Linear parts keep most warranties intact, but if your unit is still under factory warranty we’ll tell you before we turn a screw. On units past warranty, we focus on what actually fixes the gate, not what satisfies a warranty claim form. Call (936) 296-2568 and we’ll check your model and serial over the phone.
We stock the common Linear failure parts on the truck: belts for APeX slide motors, limit switches, capacitors, and control board relays for the LDCO series. Oddball parts are typically in hand within a few days, not weeks. If your gate is stuck open and the part won’t be here until Thursday, we’ll tell you that on Monday, not Friday afternoon.
Most University Park calls get same-day or next-day service. A dead gate is a security problem, not just an inconvenience, so we move on it. Call (936) 296-2568 and we’ll give you an honest window, then keep it.
Maybe, but not until we’ve looked at it. We’ve brought Linear M series and APeX motors back from conditions that a chain outfit would write off in five minutes. If the cost to repair passes roughly 60% of the cost of a new unit, we’ll say so plainly and show you numbers for both paths. You decide with the facts in front of you.
We do. We integrate Linear openers with existing intercom and access control systems in University Park every week. If the gate motor works but the intercom won’t trigger it, that’s a wiring or relay issue we can chase down, not a reason to buy a whole new system.
Hand me your number and I’ll call you back, same day, every time. If your Linear gate isn’t doing what it should, call (936) 296-2568 for a free estimate. We’ll show up, find the real problem, and fix it like it’s our own gate.
Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner, Gatewood Fence & Gate at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving University Park and nearby areas.