A&E OneStep power awning motor problems

Victory! I built up the courage to pull the motor and torsion spring assembly out after Doug said it wouldn't kill me. I'll follow with some pictures but I got it all out and disassembled and bench tested the motor. Seemed really solid so I took apart all the bushings, took the spring off and lubed everything that moved with waterproof silicone lube and reassembled. I had counted the number of turns that the spring flipped the motor around once I drilled out the rivets, and retwisted the spring the same revolutions in reverse when I reassembled the whole affair back on the tube. It was 9 revolutions. I had to cut the wires from the little plug in the arm to the motor leads plug so I resoldered it and coated the solder joints with liquid vinyl tape. Then I pushed the extend switch. It goes in and out as smoothly as new!! I am now an expert on A&E awning repair and ready to give advice!!! Thanks everyone for the help. If the motor had of been bad, Dometic has a replacement assembly that requires you change both torsion assemblies at each end of the tube. Total runs around $450 for just parts. I'm not sure what was binding but all smooth now. I'll post pictures in a minute.