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Linear Gate Motor & Opener in Highland Park: What to Know First

We provide independent Linear gate motor and opener repair, replacement, and installation in Highland Park, and we can usually be out within a day or two for most failures. Pricing is quoted before any work starts, and you’ll know the number over the phone before we even roll a truck. If your Linear opener has turned your driveway into a workout or a security problem, call (325) 936-1371 and tell us what it’s doing wrong.

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This page is for Highland Park homeowners who own a Linear gate motor or opener and want to understand what’s happening with it before spending a dime. We service every major Linear line that shows up in this area, from older APeX and LRA slide motors to the newer LSO and M Series swing arms. We’re not a Linear dealer or factory shop, and we don’t pretend to be. We’re the independent repair outfit that opens the box, finds the failed component, and fixes it without selling you a whole new operator you didn’t need.

How Linear Products Fail — and How We Fix Them

Linear gate motors are workhorses in Highland Park, where driveway gates run harder than most people realize. The failures we see tend to follow patterns specific to the brand. Here’s what we actually find when we lift the cover on a Linear operator:

• LSO series swing arms — limit switch drift. The LSO 1500 and LSO 3000 swing operators use mechanical limit switches that gradually vibrate out of calibration, especially on gates that cycle more than 15 times a day. The symptom is a gate that stops short, overtravels, or reverses a few inches after closing. We retime the limits, check the clutch for wear from being the only thing stopping the gate too long, and the motor is usually fine. Other companies quote a whole new operator. The switches are a $40 fix.
• LRA and SLR slide motors — gearbox oil weep on the DRIVE side. The classic Linear slide operator issue is oil leaking from the gearbox seal behind the drive sprocket. In Highland Park’s summer heat, that oil thins and weeps past the seal, then the gearbox runs dry and chews the worm gear. The gate still moves, but it groans first. We replace the seal and gear set on site. If you catch the noise before it turns into a locked-up box, you avoid a $900 replacement.
• M Series swing arms — capacitor failure that looks like a dead board. On the M50 and M100 series, the start capacitor fails and the motor just hums and trips. Homeowners are told the control board is dead. The board is fine. We test the capacitor first, because a $25 part and ten minutes of bench time beats a $400 board. If the board is genuinely dead, we tell you and show you the burn mark before ordering anything.
• Linear remote & receiver mismatch on units from 2014-2018. We see a lot of Highland Park gates where the opener still works from the keypad but remotes stopped responding. The older Linear ACT-31 and ACT-34 receivers lost programming during power flickers. The fix is often a reprogram and a fresh set of MegaCode remotes, not a new receiver. We carry both in the truck.
• Battery backup that was never maintained. The Linear BP-12 battery backup units have sealed lead-acid batteries that last about three years in Texas heat. When the battery dies, the gate releases or won’t respond on backup. Our fix is a straight battery swap and a load test on the charger. Don’t pay someone to replace the entire backup unit.

Here’s the pattern: Linear failures are usually mechanical, not digital. That’s good for you, because mechanical is what we do. Hal Gatewood has been taking these things apart since the days when Linear shipped APeX in a steel case the size of a truck battery, and the brand hasn’t changed its fundamental design philosophy much since. Most Linear repairs are a dozen bolts and an honest diagnosis, and that’s exactly how we approach the job.

Our Linear Gate Motor & Opener Process

When you call about a Linear gate motor in Highland Park, here’s what happens:

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   You talk to a person. We answer the phone. You describe what the gate is doing. We’ll often have a good idea what’s wrong just from your description, because we’ve heard the same thing from the same Linear models for over two decades.
2. 2
   We come out and diagnose. We check the limit switches, capacitor, gearbox, chain or arm condition, and control board in that order. We don’t start by unplugging things and guessing. We start with the cheapest, most likely culprit and work up.
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   You get a price before any work starts. Every Linear repair is quoted and agreed to before a screw comes out of the enclosure. The number on the phone is the number you pay. No surprises.
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   We source the right part. For wear items like limit switches, capacitors, and gear sets, OEM Linear parts are available and affordable, and we prefer them when the lead time is measured in days, not weeks. For a 12-year-old operator, a quality aftermarket motor or board can save you hundreds and outlast the rest of the unit; we’ll show you both options and let you decide.
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   We fix it on site and test everything. The gate opens, closes, reverses against resistance, and completes ten full cycles before we pack up. Your safety edge, photo eyes, and auto-close timer get checked even if they’re not the reason you called.
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   You get the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it isn’t done right, one call brings us back. That’s it.

What Linear Gate Motor & Opener Costs in Highland Park

Straight numbers, no mystery. Here’s what Linear gate motor work typically runs in Highland Park:

• Service call & diagnosis: No trip charge inside the county. You pay for the repair, not the truck roll.
• Limit switch replacement (LSO series): $140-$220 including the part and calibration.
• Start capacitor replacement (M series): $95-$160 including testing the board while we’re in there.
• Gearbox seal and gear set (LRA/SLR slide motors): $380-$650 depending on whether the worm gear survived.
• Control board replacement: $300-$500 for OEM Linear boards, $220-$380 for quality aftermarket.
• Full Linear operator replacement (motor, arm, and controls): $1,400-$2,800 installed, depending on gate weight and which model we’re replacing.
• Remote programming and replacement: $35-$95 including new MegaCode remotes when needed.

What moves the price: gate weight and length, whether the concrete pad is square, and whether the previous installer left us a clean wiring job. That last one matters more than people expect. We stand behind every price we quote, and we take $40 off any repair over $200. Call (325) 936-1371 for an exact quote on your Linear opener. Estimates are free.

Why Highland Park Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Linear Work

The name on the shop is Hal Gatewood, and the shop is down the road. That’s the oldest form of accountability there is. We’ve been fixing gates in Highland Park since 2001, and half our work comes from neighbors who watched us weld a hinge post back square a decade ago and saved our number. We’re locally owned, owner-operated, and our address is published where anyone can drive by and look us in the eye.

Every job carries the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it’s not done right, we make it right. No fine print, no ‘up to’ language, no runaround. And when you call, a live person answers — always. Not a voicemail, not a phone tree, not some call center three states away. The person who shows up in the truck is the person who answers the phone, and he knows Linear operators the way you know your own driveway.

If your Linear unit turns out to be beyond saving, we can also service LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing, so you’re never forced into a brand swap you didn’t plan for. But mostly, we fix the Linear you already own. That’s the job.

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