67vetteal

Just came across this and felt it is worth sharing!
Al W.

Frankie the Fink

Scary. I already posted on this and the fix in the new thread on garage tips this morning

Bluestripe67

Frankie, You have lost me. Please direct me. Dennis

Tampa Jerry

I have seen this on this forum and other forums. There are two ways to protect yourself from this occuring. The expensive option is to install a Lift Master opener. It mounts on the side and cannot be opened with anything short of a floor jack. If someone has an opener pictured in the video, you can put a pin or a zip tie in the hole to block the lever from coming down. Jerry

C-1 Generation 2

I have a Lift Master jack shaft type opener which would be near impossible to disengage from the outside. They also have a lot of upgrades for security.

Frankie the Fink

Post #3:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-a...are-yours.html

You can fix it for about 50 cents..

SS409

I saw this a couple of years ago and I was shocked to see how easy it was to get in. I made a crude metal shield that should prevent them from releasing the lever.

fastfreddie63

Thanks for the tip!

Frankie, is a zip tie strong enough? I used a 14 guage electrical wire with a wire nut and tape.

I also deadbolt my garage doors on vacation and I have a motion that will trip the house alarm/central service.

Frankie the Fink

Zip ties are amazingly strong and a small zip tie will be enough to prevent a wire thin enough to be bent in a hook and maneuvered through the garage door jamb from pulling the lever down. It certainly can't hurt to use something beefier if that's your desire.

C2Jeff

I just replaced my garage doors with motorized rollup hurricane shutters. Not only do they look better than garage doors, they are impervious to any form of attack. The motor in enclosed in the cover where the roll goes and there is no track. I installed these so as to get rid of the garage door rails and motor and free up all that wasted space so I could install a lift which goes in next week.

vettedreamer50

Don't you guys have slide locks on your doors?

C-1 Generation 2

Yes. Mine has a dead bolt lock built into the system, plus remote lock out.

mrg

Butted up against a roller wheel and clamped in place to a standard sheet metal guide track these will work as side locks too. ..
www.irwin.com/tools/locking-tools/the-original-locking-c-clamps-with-swivel-pads

www.irwin.com/tools/locking-tools/the-original-locking-c-clamps-with-regular-tips

ricks327

Some of the ideas to prevent a thief gaining entry to your garage are admirable but only usable if you want to enter your garage from the house, then remove your security item in order to open the garage door. If you want to use your remote garage door opener when coming home from work as an example, Frankie's solution is the best and very low cost. It doesn't require any additional steps unless your garage door opener doesn't function properly, such as a power outage or broken door. And as Frankie stated, most Zip ties are amazingly strong and might require side cutters to cut.
Great solution Frankie.
Rick

C-1 Generation 2

On my lift master that has a dead bolt operated by remote it is impossible to get to the interior release. If you wanted to pay out more they come with battery back up and all door operations can be done and monitored by your computer.
For center mount motors Frankies fix is a great fix. I should know.

Roger Walling

A friend of ine has two pad locks on his door tracks that prevent the door rollers to pass by.

He went into his garage one day and discovered his tool box next to the door and someone had unbolted the lower roller bracket in order to pass the tool box under the door.
What he didn't realize was that the bracket also holds the cable that is detached to a BF spring.

The tool box was safe except for the pool of blood all over, leading down the drive way

Comp Cam 1

http://www.ryobitools.com/catalog/tek4/security/RP4300

If my garage was not alarmed I would probably own one of these.

63redvette

My faithful Labrador retriever also left a trail of someone's blood down the driveway years ago in Texas when someone tried to steal my 68 GTO conv tripower. Havent found anything as awesome and fun with a Frisbee from the security companies since then though.

Plasticman

Just a caution with motion detectors. I have had one in a previous garage set off by a spider crawling across it making it's web.................and it was not all that big.

Damn thing was "bugging" me for a few days (alarm would trip, I would check, nothing there, then a night later off it goes again). Raid to the rescue.......

Plasticman

vetrod62

If a spider set your alarm off on the exterior of the sensor, it was a piece of crap. No decedent sensor should activate under that circumstance.

A garage motion detector should be a dual technology IR/microwave. Nothing new.