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FAAC Gate Repair in Cleburne: What to Know First

FAAC gate repair in Cleburne typically runs $180 to $640 depending on whether we’re replacing a limit switch, a capacitor, or an entire control board, and most jobs are finished the same day we arrive. We’re an independent FAAC service provider, not a factory affiliate, which means we answer to you rather than a manufacturer’s call center. This page is for Cleburne homeowners and ranchers whose FAAC operator has stopped responding, started grinding, or quit mid-cycle, and who want a plain answer about what’s wrong and what it’ll take to fix it. Call (817) 961-9404 and a live person will answer, day or night.

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How FAAC Products Fail - and How We Fix Them

FAAC builds solid operators, but after enough Johnson County summers and winters, every machine develops habits. These are the ones we see most on Cleburne driveways:

• Oil leak on 400-series rams. The FAAC 400 and 415 hydraulic operators push a lot of weight over a long swing, and heat is the enemy. We regularly open a 400-series on a west-facing gate in Cleburne and find the seal weeping because the cylinder has baked through too many 100-degree afternoons. The fix is a rebuild rather than a replacement: fresh seals, fresh fluid, and a pressure test before we put the cover back on.
• Control-board relay stick on the 844 and 390 models. FAAC’s 844 and 390 boards have a relay that occasionally welds itself shut after a voltage spike, which leaves the motor running when it shouldn’t. Homeowners usually describe it as “the gate keeps trying to close on its own.” We test the relay, replace the board or the relay depending on age, and add a surge protector at the disconnect.
• Photon safety-beam misalignment from post shift. Nearly every FAAC install in Cleburne relies on the FAAC photocells to stop the leaf before it hits a car or a grandkid. But blackland clay moves. When a gate post settles half an inch, the beam no longer lines up, and the gate refuses to close. The real repair is not just re-aiming the eye; it’s checking the post below grade, sometimes adding a wedge or re-bedding the mount so the alignment holds through the next dry season.
• Capacitor failure on the C721 and C720 slide operators. FAAC’s C-series slide operators are workhorses on ranches east of town toward Rio Vista, but they eat capacitors in the summer. A dead capacitor means the motor hums and doesn’t spin. We keep the correct microfarad values on the truck for the C720 and C721, because there’s no honest reason to make you wait three days for a twelve-dollar part.
• Gear wear on aftermarket retrofits. Plenty of Cleburne gates started life with a different opener, and a previous contractor swapped in a FAAC motor without checking gear wear on the existing rack. When the rack teeth are shark-finned, the new motor works twice as hard and dies early. We inspect the rack before we warranty our work, and we tell you if the repair needs to go deeper than the motor.

Our FAAC Gate Repair Process

We keep it ordered and honest, from the first ring to the last wipe-down:

1. 1
   You call, a person answers. Day or night. We ask what the gate is doing or not doing, and we schedule the visit for a window we’ll actually hit.
2. 2
   Diagnosis before parts. Our technician tests the board inputs, the motor draw, the limits, and the safety circuit before quoting a single dollar. On a FAAC job, that means checking the specific failure points above rather than guessing.
3. 3
   Parts decision made plain. If the right part is a factory FAAC component and it’s available locally or quick enough, we use it. If an aftermarket equivalent is genuinely better for the money, we say so and give you the choice. No mystery parts, no markup games.
4. 4
   Repair and test. We fix it, then cycle the gate ten full open-close runs under load. We check the force settings against FAAC’s spec so the gate isn’t fighting itself.
5. 5
   Cleanup and a walkthrough. We leave the area cleaner than we found it, show you what was replaced, and hand you the written 90-Day Done Right Promise.

What FAAC Gate Repair Costs in Cleburne

Most FAAC repairs in Cleburne fall into predictable ranges. The price is quoted and agreed before any work starts, so the number we give you is the number on the bill:

• Safety-beam realignment or replacement: $90-$180
• Capacitor or limit switch replacement: $120-$220
• Control board diagnosis and repair: $180-$420
• Hydraulic seal rebuild (400-series): $280-$560
• Full ram or motor replacement: $480-$900+

What moves the price is access, the age of the unit, and whether a post or rack issue is hiding behind the motor. Estimates are free. Call (817) 961-9404 and we’ll give you a real number before you commit.

Why Cleburne Homeowners Call Ironworks Gate Co. for FAAC Work

We’ve been in Cleburne for over 42 years, founded in 1984, and our techs are trained and equipped on nine gate-automation brands, FAAC included, which matters because we can fix the FAAC on the driveway and the LiftMaster on the back pasture gate in one trip. If the right answer turns out to be a different brand’s part or a reweld rather than a board swap, we can do that too. Every job ends with the 90-Day Done Right Promise in writing, and a live person answers the phone 24 hours a day. Victor Salinas grew up in Cleburne, not far from Hulen Park, and his father was a welder, so hot steel and stubborn motors were never abstract to us. If it swings, rolls, or latches, we can sort it out.

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