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T_bone1
Explorer II
Aug 15, 2015

Kwikee steps

My steps--a set of 3---suddenly decided to only close about 3/4 of the way..they open fine..what should I do to coerce them to play nicely!!??

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  • Lube it.

    Mine was doing about the same. I hadn't bothered to lube it. I figured as loose as all of the joints or hinges were on it, lube wouldn't help anything. After a couple of trips underneath to look at things, I took a can of spray lube. No more problems.

    Bill
  • 1) clean & lube all pivot points (joints)
    2) clean all ground connections
    3) visually check to be sure nothing is bent
    4) I just had to use rust penetrant on the main gear shaft inside the motor, as it had rusted enough to "fool" the resistance measuring circuit of the control module.
  • Lube the moving parts for a start if you have not done that lately. They make lube for them, I just use white lithium spray. JMO