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Linear Gate Motor Replacement: The Fort Worth Owner’s Guide

If your Linear gate motor has quit, we stock and install Linear-compatible replacement motors across Fort Worth, with most swaps running between $550 and $1,100 fully installed depending on your model and gate size. We carry the parts on our trucks for the most common Linear operators, so a lot of Fort Worth jobs get done the same day we look at them. Most owners do not discover the motor is dead until the gate stops mid-swing or just sits there humming like a refrigerator with a bad compressor. Then the real frustration starts: finding someone who will actually match the part instead of selling you a whole new operator because it is easier for them. That is the part we make simple.

Call (817) 241-4067

The short version: if you know your Linear model, call us at (817) 241-4067 with it. We will tell you over the phone whether we have the replacement on hand, what it costs, and when we can be there. If you do not know the model, we can identify it on site in about ten minutes.

Which Linear Models This Applies To

Linear made a wide run of residential and light-commercial gate operators, and the replacement motor part depends entirely on which family you have. The LDO series (LDO50, LDO33) is the one we see most often on Fort Worth residential driveways, especially in older neighborhoods like Wedgwood, Ridglea Hills, and over toward Benbrook. The APeX series and the more recent Linear PRO series (like the PRO-XL and PRO-SW) use different motor assemblies, so the part does not swap between series even when the housing looks the same.

How to identify yours: the model number is on a silver or white sticker inside the control box cover, usually on the left side near the circuit board. If the sticker is faded (and after ten Texas summers, a lot of them are), we match the part by measuring the motor body and checking the drive shaft configuration. The LDO50 uses a 24V DC motor with a worm drive; the older LDO33 runs on 24V as well but with a different shaft length, and they are not interchangeable.

On the OEM versus aftermarket question: we will install a genuine Linear OEM motor when the operator is still in good shape and worth the investment. When the unit is older and we are doing a quality repair on a budget, there are solid aftermarket equivalents built to the same spec. We will tell you the difference honestly, including which one we would put on our own gate. One thing to know up front: Gatewood Fence & Gate is an independent shop. We are not affiliated with Linear, and we do not pretend to be. We just know their equipment inside and out.

Signs Your Linear Gate Motor Replacement Is Failing

Linear motors tend to give warning signs before they quit entirely. Here is what we hear on the phone from Fort Worth owners, and what is actually happening underneath:

• The gate starts, then reverses halfway. That is usually the motor working against a bad limit switch or a partially stripped gear, not a motor that has fully failed. But run it like that long enough and the motor burns out fighting itself.
• You hear a hum but nothing moves. This one is the classic. The capacitor or the start circuit has gone, or the gear train has seized. If it hums for more than a few seconds, cut the power at the breaker and stop trying to run it. The motor is cooking itself.
• The gate moves slower than it used to, even after you lubed the wheels. In Fort Worth heat, the grease inside these motors breaks down faster than the manual would suggest. When the internals dry out, the motor works harder and slower until it simply gives up.
• The gate works fine in the morning but stalls in the afternoon. That is not a ghost. It is the thermal overload tripping on a motor that is on its last legs. In a Texas August, a failing Linear motor will show you exactly where it stands by noon.
• A burning smell near the control box. Shut it down and call us. That smell is insulation breaking down on the windings, and the next step is a dead short that can take the control board with it.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

For a Linear gate motor replacement in Fort Worth, you are looking at roughly $550 to $1,100 installed. The range comes down to a few things: whether you have an LDO-series motor (more common, usually in stock, on the lower end) or a PRO-series assembly (higher part cost, sometimes ordered), and whether the gearbox and limit assembly are still good enough to reuse. We will not make you buy a gear you do not need. If the gear is fine, we reuse it. If it is shot, we show it to you before we replace it.

Every replacement we do includes the new motor, the labor, alignment and limit setting, a full cycle test, and a check of the safety edges and photocells while we are in there. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, so the number you approve is the number on the invoice. And because we stand behind our work, the job carries the same 90-Day Done Right Promise we put on everything. If something is not right, one call brings Hal back out. No runaround.

We also keep our standing offers simple: $40 off any repair over $200, no trip charge inside the county, and a permanent 10% discount for seniors and veterans. If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it. We will give you a free second opinion, and a lot of times that second look saves people real money.

DIY or Call Us?

We are never going to talk you out of turning a wrench if you know what you are doing. But a gate motor replacement is not like swapping a light switch. These are low-voltage DC motors, but they live in a box with a control board, capacitor, and line voltage coming in, and an energized capacitor will give you a jolt you will remember. If you are not comfortable reading a wiring diagram and verifying power is dead before you touch anything, do not open the control box. That is not gatekeeping; it is just the plain truth after 29 years of seeing what happens when someone does it wrong.

What you can safely do: check the breaker, confirm the gate is not manually locked or jammed against something, and listen for the hum. Take a picture of the model sticker. That is genuinely useful when you call us, because it lets us bring the right motor on the first trip. After that, leave the guts to someone who does this every week. Give us a call at (817) 241-4067 and we will take it from there. That is Hal’s real number. He will pick up.

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