Auto step just stopped working
I have a 2008 Four Winds 31P Class C RV. Today my automatic step on the main coach side door just stopped working. This morning...no problem. This afternoon when I opened the door the step didn't d...
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DW wanted the RV stabilized for when I'm up and out before she is. Carried a random assortment of small blocks till I found this very compact support. 
It's smaller than the one CW sells, and far less expensive. I stop at Revels in Starke FL when we're passing through, and Charles has it priced far less than any of the web prices for "CP Products 65264 Step Stabilizer," not much over $10.
FWIW, the Hellwig Front and Rear Sway Bars took about 80% of that side sway from weight on the steps away. MORE than our HWH leveling jacks!
Back to it, the purveyors of these gadgets claim they reduce wear and tear on the steps.
What say YOU? If the Motor wasn't Worm Drive, forcing the Step with weight, would at least try to spin the motor. But with Worm, it's locked wherever it stops and it seems to me that weight on and off the steps, can be rough on the plastic gears in the motor, along with that safety clutch some of them have within the gear driven by the worm.
So, I'm glad to have the little Stabilizer from a political standpoint. As Default Gopher, Dishwasher, Garbage Collector and RV Tech, if there's a spillover benefit of step motor/gearbox protection, I'll take that too!
It's smaller than the one CW sells, and far less expensive. I stop at Revels in Starke FL when we're passing through, and Charles has it priced far less than any of the web prices for "CP Products 65264 Step Stabilizer," not much over $10.
FWIW, the Hellwig Front and Rear Sway Bars took about 80% of that side sway from weight on the steps away. MORE than our HWH leveling jacks!
Back to it, the purveyors of these gadgets claim they reduce wear and tear on the steps.
What say YOU? If the Motor wasn't Worm Drive, forcing the Step with weight, would at least try to spin the motor. But with Worm, it's locked wherever it stops and it seems to me that weight on and off the steps, can be rough on the plastic gears in the motor, along with that safety clutch some of them have within the gear driven by the worm.
So, I'm glad to have the little Stabilizer from a political standpoint. As Default Gopher, Dishwasher, Garbage Collector and RV Tech, if there's a spillover benefit of step motor/gearbox protection, I'll take that too!
