Diagnose And Replace A Failed RV Awning Motor
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Certified Mobile RV Technician, Darren Koepp, shows you how to test the wiring leading to the RV awning motor as well as the motor itself to determine where the problem is, and then how to go about replacing the motor on this Lippert Solera electric RV awning.
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Now THIS is how you do an instructional video! Excellent and thank you!
Darren you make things look so straight forward and easy. When I do it that's not usually how it works. I know a lot of it is experience and knowledge. I didn't know about the spring so I would have taken the motor off and bamn, retract! Great video! You're taking the repair shops lunch.
I knew the awning is spring loaded but you were the absolute best in showing how to simply handle that issue. On my way now to pick up a new motor.
I love your sense of humor. You aren't only the best trouble shooter/repair technician i have ever watched, you are hilarious.
Just wanted to say thank you! This video was exactly what I needed, my awning is back up and running with a new motor!
This is the first video of yours that I have ever watched and I give you A+ 5 Stars! Very professional and well put together, explaining all aspects of this DIY trouble shooting and fix. Liked, Subscribed and clicked the Bell for Notification. Thank you D! You have saved me several hundred dollars!
Heck yeah!! Thanks for the help with our awning. Definitely earned a subscriber today!! Full time RVers here.
I don't know what I liked more. The motor repair or the Dewalt battery as a test 12 V source.
I'd never thought to use a tool battery either but my house battery is right there anyhow.
Mine has an intermittent issue and I've run a jumper to the motor. I'll need to check that wire.
Great video. I hope I never have to do this on my awning, but if I do, you showed me how. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Was great to see you go straight into troubleshooting. So many videos out there where it takes 10 minutes before actually seeing what you came there for! You’ve got a new subscriber. 😊
Daron! You are a life-saver! Your video is thorough and easy to follow. Just what we needed!
You a mighty fine tech!!
Excellent video. Had to change one of the motors while on the road. Thanks to Amazon and your video, changed it out very easily!
You have helped me multiple times. Thank you so much! You the man.
Thank you Sir for the video! I was having trouble with my awning and just used the 7/16 driver to move mine a little ( must’ve been stuck) and now my awning is working perfectly! 🙂
Good job. My awning got stuck a little less than half way. Thanks to you I believe I can fix it. Thanks.
Thank you for the video and troubleshooting tips! Our awning wasn't moving at all. I disconnected at the motor power connector, had good voltage from the trailer, and the motor worked when I connected to a 12V battery. Plugged everything back together and it worked. I suspect that there was just a little corrosion in the connector that caused a bad electrical connection, and that the unplugging / testing / re-plugging cleaned it up sufficiently.
Just fixed our motor after your wonderful instructional video. Enjoy all your videos.
This video and your expertise were a huge help in me diagnosing my awning problem today. Thank you for posting such great content!!! A new subscription for me to follow!!
Hi Matthew,
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Thank you for posting that and the how to step progress Sir! Much appreciated and will give it a shot at mine to see if that’s the same issue. Have a safe 4th!
Very nice video! I love learning new things about RV’s
You are da man! Thank you so much for posting this. So easy to do. BTW for others the bits are 3/8 for the motor bolts and 7/15 for the emergency retract.
I just replaced my motor using your tips - worked great and the awning works good as new. Thanks for the video 👍
Thanks for the video! I had to replace the motor on mine and appreciated the warning of using the ViseGrip!
And you can also use wire ties on both sides to hold your awning in a non-moving position, and it will not roll out, but I do like the Vice grip idea for reassurance that it’s not gonna roll out on me doing it by myself
Excellent video, it will be of great value in the future if things go as may be expected. Thanks you sir.
Hi Bob, Thanks for the compliment!
Cheers,
Darren
Thank you so very much !! NOW i have a action plan to fix my awning !! another to-do project to get done !! Thanks so much !! just now gotta get a new motor !!
Send me an email with your address and we can have a motor shipped directly to you:
Darren@myrvworks.com
Cheers,
Darren
Nice job well done 👏
I like the multi purpose 12v battery drill and vise grip tricks 👍
"Lolly lolly lolly..." Okay, now I must subscribe. LOL Second video I've watched today about troubleshooting some things on my RV. Regardless of the issue, just watching your videos today have given me more information to decide if I want to have a professional address the issue or do it myself. If I do have someone else tackle the problem I know more about how things work and we can discuss in the same language and I have more knowledge to spot someone trying to take advantage or an honest technician. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
I am currently having the same issue with a solara unit. I’m gonna try this basic trouble shooting process. Thank you!
VERY nice right to the nitty gritty vid in a very understandable by anyone video ...reason I watched is I have a friend in washington (im in montana)who is a widow that had to move to an rv because of her husbands passing and not enough income to stay in their old apartment, which had the rent jacked about the same time as her loss....anyway her awning dosen't work and its getting too warm in the rv so I sent her your vid. ....window a/c wont keep up... maybe her brother in law can help her get it working with the instructions in your vid... tx keep up the good work!!!
oh P.S. those are Vise Grips....wink wink..
Thank you for sharing I’ll be trouble shooting mine tomorrow 👍🏼
Thank you for the video! Our stupid awning has been blowing fuses when it retracts. I phoned lippert and they sent us a free replacement motor. It finally arrived today (took two months) but we followed what you did and had perfect success! Thanks so much for the clear instructions!
Mine would not blow a fuse when it extended but blow a fuse when it retracted I have checked all the wiring make sure everything is tight and I am about to check the motor and see if it’s getting power but rain will totally junk out a motor real quick, and i had the awning leaning unknowing at the time on the side for rain runoff
Great video,
Thanks for the tips!
Great explanation
Extremely helpful
Great Video !!! Helped me fix the problem
Thanks for the great video on the motor replacement 😎
Thanks.
I've got to do the same to our awning on our camper, it runs so slow this last time I closed it up I was lucky to get it closed all the way to the camper.
Very good video love all of them
Thanks for the video, I’m happy to subscribe.
That was easy :) Good job on explaining again!
Thanks!
Cheers,
Darren
Great videos!
Not sure if mine can be manually operated, but, all in all, very informative. Thank you.
Great video!
Most helpful video ever made🤙
What an interesting video. Learned something.
Great stuff.👍🏻 Thanks for posting.
Hi John,
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I which you were in this area, good videos. Thank you
Excellent vlog
Thanks Mary!
Reassemble Stephanie!! Love it 😂 Johnny 5!
Awesome video thank you
Thanks Darren
thanks for the help great video
thanks just what i needed to go repair my friends motor 🤠
Great video Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the compliment Eddie!
Cheers,
Darren
very helpful, thank you
I have got a different motor on my awning
Nice work. New sub here from Redding, CA
Welcome to the channel neighbor! Thanks for watching!
Thank you great video I can do this
Very informative
Cool video
Thanks a lot !!! Funny that you do that while raining :-) !!!
Hello, This was a great video, it will help my Brother-in-Law and I to replace his Awning motor. Thanks Question. I am fairly handy, would it very hard to replace a conventional manual awning with a newer electric Awning?
genius! thanks for the tips. A+ 5 stars..... and in the rain...
Thank you for the clear troubleshooting process. We bought or very first rv today. Guess what didn’t work? The power awning. I thought the world had stopped turning. It doesn’t seem like such an ordeal after watching your trouble shooting and repair
Thank you sir.
Thanks Darren. Best channel on TH-cam.
Thanks for watching. Happy camping.
awesome, thank you.. I am going to check mine out....
this great, the motor was shot... had a harder time with the wires on our model, but will get some of the clips you mentioned in 'your tool bag"... awesome job, thank you very much.... wish you were in the Michigan area..
Great video. Now the motor will probably go out shortly because of rain getting on it. My case anyway. Stupid motors get any water in them, they go toast. Thanks for posting
Thank you
Thank you!
You're welcome
Thanks Darren for the excellent video and commentary. I was wondering if you ever got to your "rainy day" project of tearing the motor down and finding the cause of failure. I seem to be having the same motor problem
that you diagnosed and that others have mentioned in these comments. except that the motor will still turn to roll the awning out, but not retract.
Mine extends, but when I hit the button to retract, it was blowing a fuse every time you just gotta go chase the wiring with a 12 V voltage meter and then go to the motor itself and I believe my problem is in the motor I have a Solara
if want to save some $$$ a 1994 or so chevy lumina passenger side power window motor is the same and Darren your videos are great keep'em coming
Thank you that was very helpful, i know this video is 5 years old but it help me out a lot, i have a awing that will go out but to make it retract i have to reverse the polarity on it, would that be a motor or switch issue?
Your video was spot on ... had a lightning strike and the motor was toast. Your video was perfect and on the spot to get replaced. Thanks ..
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Next time I would start the screws first. The top one was threaded right but the other two you cross threaded and just ran them in. He will probably not have to change it again before the trailer lifetime is up. It kind of reminded me of the set up people from the furniture store when they took the screws and put them in the impact and ran them in without starting them first. I made them take it back and bring a new one
Yeah I kind of thought the same thing I thought you should at least start them by hand first
very helpful
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Thank you for this video. My awning is extending and retracting but I’m noticing it is a little more noisy than before. Is there any points of lubrication I should check.
Thank you for the video. I just found it on my search. have Dometic power awning that is stuck in the retract position. Do you know anything about Dometic?
Thanks.. if I ever have to replace a awning motor, I will know how. Although mine is a care free awning
Thanks for the video very interesting and helpful my question is my awning is completely retract all the way closed and when I hit my remote control, it moves backwards, but when I go forward it doesn't move or click or anything but if I go backwards I can hear it clicks and moves, but again it doesn't want to come out how can I check if it's the motor or something else please let me know thank you sir
I have a A& E power awning. Is this motor in your Video interchangeable? Like the ease of changing out the manual operational feature. Thanks, Bob
Will have to change out my charger/inverter soon, any vids on that?
Have you watched this one: th-cam.com/video/mk3lDwU61o4/w-d-xo.html
Cheers,
Darren
Hi Darren...Great video! My Awning works, but really, really, slow? And I checked to make sure it was not rolled up backwards. Any ideas for me? Thanks
Is there any kind grease fitting or any way to lube it ?
Great video! I ordered the new motor for mine, which is identical to this one BUT I wish you showed how to remove the housing. Mine aren’t Phillips or torx. I can’t see in the hole well but it looks like rivets. HELP!!!
Great video, but I have a ? I have a horrible squeal at the motor area when extending or retracting. Is this a motor issues, or something inside the barrel that needs lubed??
Are the end peices and the shaft-to-roller tube....supposed to wobble when rolling in and out? Carefree Traveler power awnings for reference. Made closely identical to this awning your working on
Darin, Very informative and I love your approach to provide information. and make it personalized with your jokes. My problem is not the fact that the awning does not work, it's a mystery, and I want to know if you know if this is possible or my trailer is haunted. My Forest River Vibe is a Year old, and the awning switch is working fine (in (retract) is up switch, out (extend) is down switch) today it is reversed?!! (up switch is down? and down is in) Its has switched polarity inside the wall or the motor. what should I do? I can buy those little label stickers and put them on the switch and forget this ever happened. Thanks, Jim
That does seem rather odd. One thing I'd be curious to check, at your fuse panel on your DC side, use a digital multimeter in DC mode and look at the panel silk screen to verify which wire lug is listed as POS and NEG. Verify the polarity is correct at that point. If the batteries were connected backwards that may have change the polarity. Just a thing to verify... If all that checks out okay, you should be able to pop that switch off the wall and reverse two wires - outside edges of the switch terminal. Here's a video where I talked a little bit about the switch wiring. th-cam.com/video/Y9IwkK18mrQ/w-d-xo.html
Great video, very clear and linear..So does the 12v battery pack come with input jacks that you plugged the test leads into? Or did you have to modify it for this feature?
We use 12 volt batteries for our cordless tools so we always have a 12 volt power source with us. We then we make a jumper that can be used with test leads. Here's a link to our sister company T3interface.com where you can get more information on all the different test leads that we offer. myrvworksstore.square.site/shop/tools/3
@MyRVWorks thanks, but I am asking about where you plug the leads into..the video looks like you are plugging the test leads directly into the 12v battery pack..how is this possible is my question. Thx
Thanx
9:19 - 9:21... that bolt is cross-threaded for sure! I guess it's the next guys problem though lol. Good video minus that.
Any need to grease those gears on a regular basis? Thanks
Gotta love the engineering of the wiring of our place to run it, and the LED light all down the back of the pinch point of the struts and only a plastic cover with some wire and showing that eventually will get pinched retract in and extending all the time I think these places want you to bring it into the RV shop for major repairs, when it should be an easy fix for the average Joe
Awesome job. With average use what is the expected life of an awning motor
Hi Tim,
I have been using my same awning motor since 2007. Some go on much longer than that! With so many new RV's being produced in the last few years it is possible the ones made recently (the last few years) have some short cuts to keep up with the demand... I have nothing to back that up except for service calls on NEW awnings. Just my observation.
Happy Camping,
Darren
So I have a similar Solara/Lippert Regal style 20ft awning that for whatever reason gave way and deployed and clipped a telephone pole at the end of last season. The arms and the main awning and spool are still intact, but it was enough blow to destroy both the power and the idler heads.
I’ve finally gotten around to ordering new heads and plan to make the repairs before spring. In studying how this awning is designed, I find it dumb that the only thing that holds the awning retracted is the motor itself. That seems to be my point of failure from what I can deduce.
My question is there a good way to secure or lock these awnings during travel. I don’t know if I want to put my faith in the power head gearbox again. Thanks.
What brand motor did you use as a replacement?
I like the cut of your jib young man. With your reference to Schoolhouse Rock I knew instantly that we could be friends. I have one of these pieces of crap with an auxiliary control pad / console at the bottom of the motor side arm. It says patent pending and I don't have very high hopes for it. It's a terrible design from the weatherproofing aspect and is an obvious weak link. Anyway current situation: I'm at a KOA in Mt. Gilead trying to check out an go home but the awning is in the down position and seems to be disengaged from the motor, meaning I can't use the 7/16 drill to put the awning up and in place again. I've got heavy-duty zip ties and Gorilla Tape. I'm about to make a mess so I can get home safely without more damage. Ideas?
Hi Darren, I've been looking for a video that shows how you made the wiring (test leads?) that you use. Is there one? I have all the components needed, but am not 100% on how you made that beneficial wiring. It looks to be pretty good for trouble shooting and I'd like to make one as well!
We started a company and have included that test lead set in our offering. You can get some ideas on the latest version of it here. And if you want you can buy it directly from us too...
myrvworksstore.square.site/shop/tools/3
@@MyRVWorks Thank you, I figured it out myself from this video. Was able to use my battery pack to find out that my motor was working fine, I have no idea why it stopped working, but using your video to trouble shoot was great. Most difficult part of the process was removing the dang covers!
You need a go pro with head or chest mount so you can work with both hands and still record. Good video even one handed. 😃
Hi Will,
We actually had a meeting about that LOL. We also discussed having a drone follow me on some of these jobs. Who knows where this channel will go but we are having fun justifying all these cinematography toys!
We recently added some stabilization toys including a camera gimble and more audio toys to get better sound. Working on lighting and some focus issues too.
The ultimate would be an augmented VR viewing experience eh'. We are actually looking into that platform...
Thanks for watching... Much more to come!
Happy Camping,
Cheers,
Darren
So Darren good video for sure but I have a Dometic Weather Pro model #starts with 815 I've tested wires up to the motor but motor will not work, where can you buy just the motor and not the whole assembly they all want 4-700 bucks these guys are crazy anybody out there no where to buy this, again thanks Darren appreciate your videos
can the tooth gears be changed out in a awning motor or best to repalce the entire head and all
Darren, please tell me what a reasonable price would be for that exact mobile repair. New motor and install. I realized different motors may have different costs but just a fair cost range. Thank you very much.