Bottom Electric Step Flex

gjtrafl wrote:
On my electric steps, the bottom step shows considerable flex. Makes you feel very unstable when you take that first step from the ground up.

This coach is new to me. And I have a total of 3 steps. Otherwise they work great.

Any suggestions on anything that can be done to help the situation?

Many thanks!

Since your motorhome is 10 years old it's possible that the steps have started to come loose or have cracked at the attachment points. At least that's what happened to the steps on our 2001 Winnebago Adventurer. As a stop gap I installed a support we purchased from Camping World. It worked fine as long as the motorhome wasn't lowered, or the engine started with the steps extended.

Eventually I had to remove the steps for a permanent repair. In our case the steps were held in place by 4 studs mounted in a sheet metal plate. The studs extended through the top plate of the stairs and held them in place with a washer and nut. The sheet metal plate started to crack around where the studs were mounted.

The permanent repair consisted of adding 7 gauge plate with clearance holes drilled for each stud and welding the cracks in the original plate. Once the original plate was repaired the 7 gauge plate was welded over it, and the studs welded to the new plate. The stairs were then reattached to the new plate.

The new assembly was far more rigid than the original and no longer required the additional support leg.