Installing Torklift GlowSteps on a Lance Camper
I figured out a way to install Torklift's GlowStep scissor steps on my Lance camper that does not involve any drilling on the camper or additional hardware. I am posting this as I did a fairly exhaustive search on how others have installed their steps and didn't see anyone come up with this simple idea.
Here are two pictures of the steps mounted to the camper using the existing mounting brackets that the stock, single step mounts to.
To achieve this, I had to move the top-most struts of the GlowSteps, the part that attaches to the camper, to the outside of the step assembly. I simply reversed the long and short struts shown in the next picture. Without this, the steps will not fit within the existing brackets on the camper. As you can see in the first picture, they just barely fit after the modification. If necessary, you could further widen them by adding additional washers where the struts bolt together on the step assembly. Also, the holes in the long struts had to be enlarged to 3/8" to fit the clevis pins.
Here is my first attempt at how they will be secured while traveling. Not the most elegant solution but quick and simple.
Here is Smitty checking things out. Every cat we have ever had likes to climb stairs and Smitty is no different. He is ready for some truck camper camping!
Here are two pictures of the steps mounted to the camper using the existing mounting brackets that the stock, single step mounts to.
To achieve this, I had to move the top-most struts of the GlowSteps, the part that attaches to the camper, to the outside of the step assembly. I simply reversed the long and short struts shown in the next picture. Without this, the steps will not fit within the existing brackets on the camper. As you can see in the first picture, they just barely fit after the modification. If necessary, you could further widen them by adding additional washers where the struts bolt together on the step assembly. Also, the holes in the long struts had to be enlarged to 3/8" to fit the clevis pins.
Here is my first attempt at how they will be secured while traveling. Not the most elegant solution but quick and simple.
Here is Smitty checking things out. Every cat we have ever had likes to climb stairs and Smitty is no different. He is ready for some truck camper camping!
