Went to go into the C Sat. morning to put some stuff in it. Open the door and the electric step came out as normal. Put my foot on the step and stepped up, as I did I hear a noise, that I didn't like and felt the left side of the step go down. I stepped back down on the ground and looked at the step and yep the left side of the step was down, lower than the right site. The side toward the rear of the coach. DRAT. Later that day the son in law crawled under to see what the heck was going on, since I have bad vision. The step well is made of light steel sheet, maybe 1/16" thick. Like a steel box, with the top cut out and the side cut out where the door is. The electric bolts to the bottom of this box. There isn't any extra metal across the oopening where the door is. So the best we can figure, over the years of people stepping in and out of the coach the metal tore at the corner, where it is folded to go from the bottom up for a side. It happen so slightly that it wasn't noticed until Sat. when it gave way a lot more. The metal is split at least half way back along that corner on the rear side and the front side is tearing also, not as much.
The fix will be, we will remove the electric step, jack up the floor to the position it should be, stitch weld the corner, then place angle iron on the corner and stitch weld it in place, and then run bolts through the side wall and bottom through the angle iron. Should be a good fix and long lasting. Yep very interesting indeed. Very fixable. Will post photos if possible.
Safe travels
Bill
Brenda and Bill
2020 Lance 1172, our traveling rig
2013 Heartland Landmark Mesa, 40', fifth wheel, we keep at our snowbird home in central FL, Bushnell, FL.
2014 Chevy Silverado LTZ 3500HD, CC, 4x4, LB, duals, DuraMax