Kwikee step

[gvette85]

Thought I'd share an experience with the Kwikee step on my 04 Dolphin.Recently the step stopped working and after troubleshooting determined it was the motor.I figured it's toast anyway so I took it apart and found the armature was binding up.It's a simple little motor so I cleaned everything,greased it and put it back together, bench tested it and it ran fine. Re-installed it and when you opened the door the step closed and when you closed the door it opened.This was a real head scratcher.After checking everything I could think of I was stumped.I was laying underneath looking at the motor and saw that the housing on the motor looked cleaner than I remembered. I removed the motor and sure enough when I reassembled the motor I installed the housing upside down,(it will go either way and the motor is a permanent magnet style so I didn't think it mattered).Flipped the housing over and re-installed it and it worked perfect.It's been working fine ever since.

[W0GEN]

Ah... you just had another lesson on magnetism! At first I was going to suggest you got your motor leads reversed. Never did this one before! Life's lessons!! Thanks for sharing...