Swing Gate Repair in Broward & Palm Beach

A swing gate hangs on hinges mounted to a post or column, and an operator swings the leaf open and closed. We service two main operator types. Linear arm operators (like the LiftMaster LA400 and LA500) are low-voltage 24V actuators that push the gate. Rotary and pad-mounted operators sit on a footing at the hinge. Some gates are a single leaf; many driveways are dual-swing, with two leaves that have to open in sync. Hinges, post, arm, operator, control board: any of them can be why a gate stops moving, and the job is figuring out which one.

Swing operators come as arms or pad mounts, and the mounting matters as much as the capacity. A LiftMaster LA400 arm handles a gate up to 16 ft and 850 lb. A Viking X390 mounts on the column for a 14 ft gate. Pad mount units like the Maximum Controls Megatron sit on a concrete pad beside the post and drive the gate from a shaft rather than pushing on an arm.

A pad mount operator drives the gate through a shaft and clamp, which holds it closed better than an arm does. On arm operators a magnetic lock is worth having. Without one, a closed gate can be forced open.

Two leaves always need the operators talking to each other. LiftMaster does it wirelessly. Viking uses the Konnect wireless kit or a slave module. Eagle runs master and slave on two wires.

This is the same rule we live by on every gate, and it saves the most money on swing gates. Before assuming the operator failed, we disengage the motor and swing the gate by hand. If it swings smooth, the operator is worth checking. If it drags or won't move, the problem is the gate itself (the hinges or the post), and no new operator fixes that. If the operator itself is the fault, that's covered on our gate motor repair page.

Swing-gate repairs are usually cheaper than slide-gate repairs because there are fewer moving parts to fail. As always, we give you the options and the prices and you decide. If you have or want a dual-swing gate, one detail matters for cost: with linear arm operators like the LA400 and LA500, one control board runs two arms, so adding the second arm for a double gate is far cheaper than most people expect. Rotary operators need two separate operators for a dual gate, which roughly doubles the material cost. The bigger cost drivers are what actually failed (a hinge or sensor is cheap, a full operator is more) and whether the mounting needs correcting, which in a flood zone is money well spent to keep the next operator from dying early.