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BFT Gate Motor Replacement: The Colleyville Owner’s Guide

We stock and install BFT-compatible gate motors for driveways across Colleyville, with most replacements running between $1,450 and $2,600 installed depending on the model and swing weight of your gate. A failed BFT motor usually shows up as a gate that hums but won’t move, or one that starts fine and stalls halfway through its travel arc. Most Colleyville homeowners discover the failure when the gate simply stops responding to the remote on a Monday morning, and that’s when we get the call.

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What makes this page different is that we’re not guessing at part numbers over the phone. We keep the most common BFT replacement motors and control boards on our service trucks, so the typical BFT gate motor replacement in Colleyville is a single-visit job, priced up front, before we turn a single bolt.

Key Takeaways:

• Installed BFT gate motor replacement in Colleyville typically runs $1,450 to $2,600.
• The failure is often the control board or capacitor, not the motor itself, and a proper diagnosis matters before anyone quotes a motor.
• Ironworks Gate Co. is an independent service provider, not affiliated with BFT, and we install both OEM BFT motors and quality aftermarket equivalents matched to your gate’s weight and duty cycle.
• Victor Salinas and the Ironworks crew have been fixing BFT swing and slide operators in Colleyville for more than 42 years and stand behind every job with a written 90-Day Done Right Promise.

Which BFT Models This Applies To

The BFT lineup that shows up on Colleyville driveways breaks into two camps: the Deimos and Phobos series for residential swing gates, and the Icaro and Rigel series for heavier slide and estate gates. Each model line uses a different motor assembly, capacitor rating, and limit-switch arrangement, and the part numbers don’t swap across series. A Deimos motor will not fit a Phobos mount, no matter how similar the housings look.

The first thing we do on-site is read the model plate, which BFT places on the side of the operator housing or under the cover. We’re looking for model designation, voltage (usually 120V or 24V), capacitor microfarad rating, and duty cycle percentage. The capacitor spec is the one that trips up homeowners ordering parts online: the wrong microfarad rating will spin the motor but not reliably start it under load, and the board will eventually fail from the strain. In the Texas heat, we regularly see BFT capacitors on Colleyville installations fail a full season before the motor itself, especially on gates that face the afternoon sun with no shade.

On OEM versus aftermarket: for BFT boards and capacitor kits, OEM is the safer route, because BFT boards speak a specific language to BFT motors. For motor assemblies on older units where BFT parts are backordered or discontinued, a quality aftermarket motor with the correct wattage and RPM rating is a solid choice, and we match the specs rather than the brand sticker. Most Colleyville BFT replacement jobs average one OEM board plus one aftermarket motor, and the gate runs like new.

Signs Your BFT Gate Motor Replacement Is Failing

BFT motors don’t usually die quietly. They telegraph the failure for weeks, and catching the signal early often means a $180 board instead of a full $2,000 motor replacement. The most common signs we see on Colleyville driveways:

• Gate hums but won’t move. The motor is getting power but the start capacitor has failed, a classic BFT failure in Texas heat. The motor overheats in seconds trying to start; don’t keep cycling the remote or you’ll burn the windings.
• Gate moves a few feet, then reverses or stops. Usually an obstruction sensor issue or a failing limit switch inside the BFT housing. The motor itself may be fine, and replacing the limit assembly is a fraction of the cost of a motor.
• Remote works sometimes, then not at all. Often the control board is degrading, and the receiver chip on BFT boards runs hot in Colleyville summers. It will get progressively worse until the board fails entirely.
• Gate slams at the end of travel. The slow-down circuit inside the BFT motor or board has failed, usually from water intrusion around the cover gasket. A gate that slams is a gate that’s damaging its own hinges and motor mounts.
• Burning smell or visible scorching at the operator. This is not a diagnostic moment; kill the breaker and call a professional. Scorched wires inside a BFT housing indicate an electrical fault that can damage the board, the motor, and anything nearby.

Most of these symptoms can be fixed same-day when we get the call early. The longer a failing motor runs, the more collateral damage it does to the gear train and board, which is why we’d rather diagnose a humming gate on a Tuesday than replace a full operator on a Saturday.

Replacement Cost & What’s Included

Installed BFT gate motor replacement in Colleyville typically runs $1,450 to $2,600, and that range reflects real differences in the equipment and the gate, not padding on our end. A light Deimos motor for a standard 12-foot ornamental swing gate sits at the low end. A heavy Phobos or Rigel setup for a 20-foot solid wood or wrought iron gate, with a new control board and capacitor, lands at the top.

Every quote includes the motor, the board if needed, any capacitor or limit-switch replacement, mounting hardware, labor, and full testing of the travel arc and safety functions. The price is settled in writing before work begins: no surprises on the bill, no change orders because we “found something.” That’s how Victor Salinas has done every Colleyville job since 1984, and it’s not changing.

We also pass along the standing offers: $50 off any repair over $250, a 5% senior and veteran discount, and if another company has given you a written estimate, we’ll give a free second opinion on the spot.

DIY or Call Us?

There’s a short list of things an owner can safely check before calling us, and then there’s the line we don’t cross. You can check for an obstruction in the gate’s path, confirm the breaker hasn’t tripped, and verify the remote battery. Beyond that, opening a BFT operator housing on a live unit is where we tell Colleyville homeowners to stop.

BFT housings contain a charged capacitor, and both 120V and 24V systems can bite. The motor itself is under tension when connected to a swing gate, and releasing that tension wrong can throw an arm or a hinge in a way that damages the gate, the post, or worse, the person standing next to it. This isn’t scare talk; it’s the same caution we give a neighbor, because it’s a live electrical assembly bolted to a moving iron structure. A trained tech with the right meter and the right part on the truck can do in an hour what a DIY attempt turns into a weekend and a bigger repair.

Call (817) 242-5426 and one of our people will walk through the symptoms with you, live, 24 hours a day. We’ll tell you honestly if it sounds like a simple fix or a motor replacement, and we’ll stand behind the diagnosis when we get to the driveway.

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