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Linear Gate Repair in Fort Worth: What to Know First

Linear gate repair in Fort Worth usually runs $185 to $485 for most board, limit-switch, or hinge failures, and we can typically get you on the schedule within 1 to 2 business days, often faster when it’s a safety issue. The honest posture is this: we quote a price before we touch the gate, and that’s the price you pay. No trip charge inside the county, and we fix Linear operators in your driveway rather than hauling them off. If you own a Linear gate system in Fort Worth and it’s grinding, refusing to open, or reversing for no reason, call (817) 241-4067 and talk to a live person.

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How Linear Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

• Linear LDO series (LDO33, LDO50) swing operators with limit-switch drift. We see this on gates that have been in Fort Worth clay soil for a few years. The arm cycles fine for months, then one day the gate slams at the end of travel or stops six inches short. Almost always it’s the limit-switch cams loosening or the magnet ring degrading. Fix: we reset and torque the cams, clean or replace the reed switch, and re-tune the close force so the gate lands soft instead of hammering itself. On many LDO jobs the whole repair is under $250.
• Linear MegaCode receivers losing range after a big storm. Fort Worth gets real lightning, and a nearby strike likes to nuke the coax on older MegaCode receivers. The opener still works from the keypad, but remotes only work at five feet. Fix: we test the receiver with a known-good remote, replace the antenna or the receiver board as needed, and if the system is older we’ll tell you honestly whether a replacement receiver is smarter than chasing an obsolete board.
• APeX and LS series slide gates dragging on the track. This is the most common Linear slide-operator call we run, and a lot of the time somebody already “repaired” it by cranking the force higher. The real cause is rail wear, wheel bearings failing, or the chain tension being so far off that the operator is fighting itself. Fix: we walk the whole track, replace dead wheels, correct the chain, and bring the force setting back down where it belongs. A Linear slide gate should move with one finger, not groan.
• Linear actuator arms with stripped gears after a bent gate leaf. A gate that’s been bumped by a trailer or hit by wind enough to flex the leaf turns a little twist in the leaf into a lot of stress on the actuator gear teeth. Linear actuators are built well, but no gearbox survives a bent leaf forever. Fix: we straighten or re-weld the leaf first, then rebuild or replace the actuator. Fix the gear without the gate and you’ll fix the gear twice.
• Older Linear gate boards (the GTR series) with dead capacitors and burned relays. Symptoms: the gate clicks but won’t start, or the board works fine for three weeks then locks up in mid-cycle. Capacitors dry out with heat, and Fort Worth summers do not go easy on boards inside a metal enclosure. Fix: we replace the capacitors and relays on the board when that’s the honest repair, and we carry quality aftermarket replacements when an OEM board is backordered or discontinued.

Our Linear Gate Repair Process

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   You call, a person answers. Day or night, you get a live human at (817) 241-4067. We ask what the gate’s doing, what model it is if you know it, and we schedule a window we’ll actually hit.
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   We show up and watch the gate fail. Not just listen to your description. We cycle it. We pass a hand through the photo-eye path. We test the remote, the keypad, the manual release, and the force settings. Hal has been doing this since 2001, and the gate usually tells us what’s wrong in the first five minutes.
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   We give you a price, before we do anything. We’ll tell you what’s failed, what it costs to fix, and whether OEM or quality aftermarket parts make more sense for your particular system. The price is the price. If we find something else broken once we’re in there, we stop and call you before spending another dollar.
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   We repair it on site. We carry Linear control boards, radio receivers, limit switches, batteries, and capacitors, plus the welding rig and steel stock for hinge, post, and leaf repairs. Most Linear work is done in one visit, in your driveway.
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   We test it under real use. We run the gate twenty or thirty times. We check the safety obstructions, the force reverse settings, the auto-close timing. We make the gate fail again on purpose, if we can, before we call it good.
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   We hand you the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing. If it isn’t done right, we come back and make it right. Plain sentence, no fine print.

What Linear Gate Repair Costs in Fort Worth

• Remote or receiver programming / antenna fix: $95-$185
• Limit-switch adjustment or replacement (LDO swing operators): $160-$280
• Control board repair (capacitors, relays) or replacement: $220-$460
• Actuator arm rebuild or replacement: $300-$575
• Hinge, post, or leaf welding repair on a Linear swing gate: $185-$500, depending on steel condition and how much of the post needs rebuilding
• Slide gate track, wheel, and chain correction (LS/APeX): $240-$650, depending on how long the rail is and how far the wheels have gone

What moves the price: age of the operator, whether we can safely rebuild versus replace, and how much welding the gate itself needs. We quote the job before we start, and there’s no trip charge inside the county. Call (817) 241-4067 for an exact number on your gate.

Why Fort Worth Homeowners Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Linear Work

Hal Gatewood’s name is on the shop and on every invoice. We are an independent Linear service provider, not a manufacturer shop, and that means we tell you when a $40 capacitor beats a $400 board. We’ve been at this in Fort Worth since 2001, and we have never once asked a customer to replace a gate that could be fixed with an honest weld and a straight hinge post. We also work on LiftMaster, Mighty Mule, Ghost Controls, and DoorKing systems, so if the problem turns out to be a brand-agnostic gate issue rather than a Linear-specific failure, we’ll fix that too. The person who shows up has a background check, a uniform, and the gear to do the job. The phone gets answered by a real person, any hour. Give me a call – that’s my real number, and I’ll pick up.

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Call Gatewood Fence & Gate for Linear Gate Repair in Fort Worth

If your Linear gate is acting up, call (817) 241-4067. You’ll get a live person, a straight answer, and a price before we start. We’ve been serving Fort Worth since 2001, and the name on the shop is the same name that answers when you have a problem. Free estimates, no trip charge inside the county, and the 90-Day Done Right Promise stamped on every job.

Written by Hal Gatewood, Owner, Gatewood Fence & Gate at Gatewood Fence & Gate, serving Fort Worth and nearby areas.