Lippert RV Steps 5:1 Gearbox With Motor Replacement Installation - 2016 Newmar Ventana LE Motorhome

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Hello, neighbors. It's Brad here and today we have a 2016 Newmar Ventana LE, and when the customer brought it in, we we're having issues with the steps actually coming down. So the steps are actuated, and that's done by a motor. And so, what we installed today is the Lippert five to one gear ratio motor for your steps. So once installed and working properly, your steps will come down. No longer will you have to use a step ladder to get into your RV.
So let's take a look at the product itself and the installation of it. Our customer has removed the previous motor on his steps, so I can't show you how to take the old one off, but I do have a new replacement motor that should be a direct drop-in. Now you are gonna use some of the existing hardware, so as you're pulling your old one off, make sure to keep those handy in a bag or container so you don't lose them. Looks like a fairly simple installation, looks like you have an arm with a pin and four bolts attaching, and a plug, we'll see once we get into the install. Before I start digging into this, I wanna make sure to let you know, seems pretty straightforward, but this is gonna be a pinch point, so if your hands are in there, make sure it's shut off, it's powered off on the step itself, and when you do put the new motor on, keep your hands clear of things.
So we're gonna go ahead, and we'll release this strap, which will drop these stairs down. So putting the strap down and having the stairs go down to their max extended length is gonna show me where that swing arm needs to go to, making it a little bit easier to get the install going. So our steps fully extended. Naturally it drops a little bit, so a full extensions here. So we know that's where our arm needs to go.
Now let's hop underneath and we're gonna take a look at mounting it up. So as you can see under here, the four holes for our bracket, you have a carriage bolt style. Again, you will be reusing your old hardware, so make sure you have those on hand and that's gonna place into there. And then you have your electrical plug, which will plug in and we're gonna attach our pin to these forks right here. Now, before I do that, I'm actually gonna hook this up to power and cycle it to make sure that I know that the arm is actuating.
So we plugged our new motor into our control module. Once I opened up the door, which actuates the steps, I wasn't getting any movement on the motor. So I traced it back a little bit further and found that our control module was actually the problem. So if you're having issues with your stairs, not going up and down, and you're watching this to replace your motor, that is a good starting point, but just know that there are other components such as this control module. We do have this here at etrailer, and we we're able to get this thing working. So if you do need a control module, it's very simple. It's just a series of plugs and a few grounds. But if you put your new motor in, it's not working, this might be your culprit. With our new control module in place, I'm going to now take our plug and plug it into the motor. So I'm gonna open up the door to actuate the arm. And what I'm looking for is when your door is open, that's when your steps will come down. And when you close the door, it'll pull the steps back up. So you do wanna know which way it is when the door is open. That way, you know that you can install this kind of extended, and that's gonna be a lot easier than trying to do it in a closed position. So I'm gonna go ahead and open the door and we'll get this thing moving. So I have the door closed. And so that's gonna be our retract position. Now, as I opened the door, that should be the fully extended position, and we're gonna keep it in that position while installing it. And that way our steps are not trying to fall as we put the pin in. So to actually get the motor installed, the actuator installed, is pretty simple. As you probably pulled your old one off, you kind of know the gist, but just if you need a refresher, you do have your carriage bolts that sit in there. Should have four of those. And while you lift the motor in place, it's probably good to have, I would say at least two washers and two nuts ready to go. Slide this in place here. Now I'm just gonna get, I'm gonna get one nut in place, just so we kind of have this holding on it

[@kalypso331]

how did u know the module was bad? when i try to activate the steps i get a grinding noise?

[@PaulWagner1]

The grinding noise is definitely not the module. Grinding is caused by either the ring gear in the gearbox or the gear on the motor. If it's the gearbox, you can reposition the gears to better teeth. If it's the motor, you'll need to buy a new one.

[@kalypso331]

@@PaulWagner1 we have a new motorgearbox assembly but can not get the current plug unplugged and afraid to rip the wires out. what is the trick to getting it unplugged?