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joe_b_
May 16, 2013Explorer II
On my 5th wheel, the hand crank place to attach the handle to is on the driver's side and the electric motor is on the passenger side. When mine did the "freeze" up routine, it was because I had gotten water inside the motor while driving in the rain. somehow it got in under the cover and ruined the motor. Probably took less than 30 minutes for me to replace. I caulked the new one around the rubber cover and it has worked for the last year just fine. Sometimes I have heard of them freezin up from a need for lubricant on the connecting bar that attaches both sides together.
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