Kwikee motor drives can be repaired

The power step in my 1987 El Capitan would work intermittently, like a loose connection or a bad ground. I disassembled the gearbox and found everything OK. Then I took the motor apart and found that the ground return connection at the brush was weak. On the photo of the motor internals you can see how the small copper wire barely connects with the motor body, which is the ground. The connection is made when the cases are screwed back together, I just pulled slack on the wire before assembly and now it works like new. I did buy a new motor from Rock Auto, which never worked. They would not allow me to return it, so be careful with Rock Auto.

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