Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert for gate opener repair, specializing in worn motors, stripped gearboxes, bent arms and the honest call on whether an older opener is worth fixing. We offer motor and gearbox repair and full operator replacement for swing and slide gates.
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Our team provides parts sourcing, arm and bracket work and entrapment retests, delivering an opener that moves the leaf again for both residential and commercial projects. Backed by 17 years in business and our 18-month workmanship warranty, we've completed over 1,483 projects, from a single arm to a matched pair of openers on a heavy double leaf.
From the motor and the gearbox to the arm and the brackets, our team handles each part of the operator unit. Serving Cedar Park, Leander and Georgetown, we price the repair and the replacement side by side, so you choose with real numbers.
Request a free estimate, and we will test your opener and tell you whether a repair or a new operator pays off.
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Cora, Slaughter Creek side, Shady Hollow
An owner asking whether to rebuild worn gearboxes when parts had been discontinued
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Cora's gate in Shady Hollow, on the Slaughter Creek side, had two leaves with 18-year-old operators, and she asked whether to rebuild worn gearboxes when parts had been discontinued. We replaced them with a new linear operator pair rather than rebuild. The job was an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 and took an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site. Cora's leaves now open together on motors with parts we can still get.
Repair makes sense when the opener is young and parts exist, and replacement makes sense when parts are discontinued or the cost nears a new unit. We follow the same steps on every call:
If the leaf drags, that belongs to automatic gate repair, and if the board is dead it belongs to electric gate repair.
| Option | Best for | Weak spot | What we check first |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repair a part | Openers under 10 years with parts available | Another part may follow | Motor draw, gearbox play |
| Rebuild the gearbox | A good motor with a stripped gear | Parts can be discontinued | Maker's parts list |
| Replace the operator | Openers past 10 to 15 years, discontinued parts | Higher upfront price | Leaf weight and gate condition |
On Lakeway and Steiner Ranch hills, an opener works harder against the grade and wears sooner. On flat Round Rock lots, the arm and brackets are the more common failure.
Motor, photo eyes, edges and remotes fitted to a sound leaf
Two leaves on heavy hinges for a wide drive with level swing room behind the gate
A leaf on a V-track where the drive is flat and has side room for the open gate
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
A new linear operator pair for two leaves is an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 and an estimated 4 to 8 hours on site. Parts, leaf weight and the number of leaves decide most of that figure.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Operator added to an existing gate (new operator on an old gate) | Est. $1,900 to $3,700 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Double leaf swing entry with operators (full operator pair) | Est. $4,200 to $7,800 per entry | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Track slide gate with rack drive (drive swap) | Est. $1,700 to $4,800 per gate | Est. 2 to 3 days |
A track slide gate with rack drive swap lands near an estimated $1,700 to $4,800, while a double leaf swing entry with operators that needs new leaves sits near an estimated $4,200 to $7,800. A single gearbox swap sits at the low end, and a matched pair with new brackets sits near the top.
Every figure here is an estimate and is subject to change if the test shows a second worn part or a heavier leaf. The written quote we give after bench-testing your opener sets the final price and the schedule.
A new operator carries the manufacturer's own parts cover, often 1 to 5 years for motors and boards, and our workmanship warranty covers the install. After any opener work we retest the photo eyes and edges on each gate. A Round Rock gate with a new opener still needs its city-approved Knox key switch and a passed acceptance test before it runs (confirm current text with the city). In Crystal Falls and Travisso the Leander Fire Marshal's Knox Box guidelines apply, so check those as well.
New arms and brackets come in powder-coated aluminum or hot-dip galvanized steel, matched to your steel gate posts. Wiring runs in conduit, never loose on the post, because chewed lines are a repeat repair. Boxes stay cooler on the north side of the post.
Our owner has watched 17 years of Cedar Park openers wear out, and the 1,483 projects behind that show up in the advice we give. We say replace when replacing pays off, and we say repair when it does. Every job carries our 18-month workmanship warranty, and our lead welder rebuilds a bent bracket on the spot, so customers in Old Town and Wolf Ranch get one crew for the metal and the motor.
We repair openers across a 40-mile radius of Cedar Park, with many calls from Shady Hollow and Leander drives, and arm repairs along Round Rock streets. Steiner Ranch, The Hills, Volente and West Lake Hills owners get the same service. Browse the service area page. Noor in Flintrock Falls was tired of opening a 1990s gate by hand in the rain, so we checked the hinges and then fitted a linear operator. Wes's opener on the Quinlan Park Road side of Steiner Ranch died after a storm with a burned board and a chewed low-voltage run. Mina's Brodie Lane side gate in Shady Hollow shows why we test the leaf first, since new hinges and a new roller took the drag off the 14 ft leaf. Harold's Wolf Ranch gates in Georgetown are six mixed brands, so each gets its own dated record at every quarterly visit. Clint's Volente Road openers are DC units on sealed batteries, charged from a south-facing pole. Jerome's Andice Road opener in Georgetown charges from solar, with an exit sensor in the road base. Cole's Crystal Falls pair runs on linear operators with a loop detector for exit. Maribel's Rough Hollow pair in Lakeway uses soft-stop operators on a 16 ft opening. Hollis's 16 ft leaf in Buttercup Creek runs on an articulated arm, with a keypad at car window height and a phone app.
If the opener is fine and the gate is stuck, see automatic gate repair for hinges and rollers, or gate operator installation for a first operator on a manual gate. For a gate past saving, see gate replacement.
A new linear operator pair is an estimated $2,000 to $3,000, and we price a repair beside it so the quote shows both.
Replace when the opener is past about 10 to 15 years or parts are discontinued, as on Cora's 18-year-old pair in Shady Hollow.
Plan on an estimated 4 to 8 hours for one gate, and your quote names the day.
About 10 to 15 years, and a yearly check helps it get there.
Often yes, but when a maker has discontinued a part, a Buttercup Creek or Mason Hills gate is better served by a new operator.
Usually yes, and we check the keypad and remote on the same visit.
Request a free estimate and we will bench-test your opener, then price a repair against a replacement.
Start to finish
An estimator walks the opening, reads the grade and marks where the leaf or the slide run has to clear.
Steel gets cut only after you sign off on a scaled drawing that names the tube, the coating and the opener.
Our Cedar Park welders build it, the steel goes for galvanizing and powder coat, and it ships finished.
Posts cure, the leaf goes up, the opener gets wired, and you watch each photo eye and edge stop the gate.
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Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
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