Glad you did this video and put the ebay link. I'm just waiting for the day I bust my ass when they don't deploy properly. You definitive eased my apprehension on doing it myself.

Thanks for doing this. I haven't seen a clear enough video like this to actually replace the motors. I hope the driver's side is as easy. The links helped too!

Thank you for posting this video. My driver side boards started to make a horrible noise in the last week. I took it to the dealership and they wanted to charge me $900 to get the motor replaced. Now, I have the confidence of doing it myself.

Great video dude!!! Thanks for doing this.

Thanks for your Video, really helpful!

Might have to do the for my 2020 denali.

I'm about to replace mine with fixed. Just tired of messing with them. Good video.

@antnope3042

Ай бұрын

We don’t care

Awsome, thank you for sharing!

helpful, thanks from the sizes

The other option is to replace the worn out bushings in the brackets. Quite often, the motor is fine, but the bushings do transfer the plastic from the bushing to the pivot pins. That increases the drag and the boards slow down. The final stage is stuck boards. A set of bushings for one side runs about $40. I cover that process on a couple of videos.

@Jerre1212

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been reading and the life on these are about 5 years (give or take) or 60,000 miles? I mean so if you’re rocking anything under a 2018 it’ll most likely need replaced don’t you think?

@oldfarthacks

11 ай бұрын

@@brentanderson722 This is true, but the failure process only gets worse as the plastic bearing surface goes away. Take a look at my video series on this if you are interested. I had to replace the passenger side ones on my 08 Navigator after I broke it off. I just bought a new cheap Chinese motor and arm assembly and then rebuilt the rear one using parts from a broken one from eBay and my original one. Since I want this to work for a long time, that rear assembly is now set up with zerk fittings so that I can grease all 8 pivot points. The video series is here: kzread.info/head/PLoz-2IH4A2KsZiDXB0f-hhKZtAzO_wuO_

Best I've found for winter was clean them out well! Some sort of pen lube get it smooth. Then some white grease, then fluid film on top. She ain't pretty, but did a whole Alberta winter with a smooth driver side board. Pretty sure I stripped my passenger side two winters ago, thus why I'm here 😅 it has its occasional Up's and Down's now. When it does move there's a nasty vibration from the motor, no grinding.... Moves up and down quickly when it does.

Thank you!!!

Thanks for the video. Got it changed easily enough except now when it should be retracted its out and when it should be out its retracted. Thoughts??

Thanks for doing this video. This has given me the confidence to order them into it myself. Also mine are getting so slow they just don't even work

@AutoDad

Жыл бұрын

I just did my drivers side the other day. Super easy after the first time

Great video almost exactly what I needed. My board needs to be replaced. Motors work fine. Will the board come off just by removing the 4 set screws (2 on each board)?

Great video. Will these work on a navigator (2019)? I'm guessing yes?

Thanks, great video! I just got a quote for $2,700 to replace both motors...

@freebirdinct410

4 ай бұрын

The crooked dealer tried ripping me off too. Quotes me $1600 just for the drivers side. Did it myself fro $600. I bought genuine Mopar parts so it can be done cheaper with China parts

Haha! I did not fall but came close to it when mine first started acting up! Lol

Where did you get the motor Amazon or eBay????

I can't argue with the all in one shotgun approach. You probably replaced more than you needed to. Nonetheless, you replaced what was wrong...whatever it was. Likely it was only the bushings in the hinge. The hinge bearings are usually the problem. It is unfortunate that Ford didn't design the hinges to be easily serviceable.

@oldfarthacks

11 ай бұрын

Yep. They should have put zerk fittings on so that you could grease the 16 pivot points on each side. I have a video series that shows how to do that.

Hey auto dad where do I locate the power source to plug or unplug power to running board??

Excellent video. Once you removed the (2) allen fasteners each end of the board, did the board come off the brackets or did you need to slide it off, parallel to the truck?

@AutoDad

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the running board pulled right up and off

Can you recommend a repair shop to do this for me?

What is the name for the motors for the stairs

Just a note. If they are stuck in the up position you are going to have a fun time getting that top nut off with the boards in the way. It can be done it’s just a pain

How to reset the runing boards 09 ford F150 fx4 I don't find the reset button

I watched another video on power boards and he said keep the hinges lubricated

Mine goes up after I close the door but then comes back down and stays ants suggestions

What my running boards are doing is they are switching from auto to the off position. It does it every so often. Any idea why?

@farhanasworldbdusa2205

9 ай бұрын

When you bought this ? I bought just 3 month ago and it’s start making problem now, sometime running board not open , don’t know what to do

How are these holding up? My motor is all degraded and rotting. I need to replace the passenger side.

@AutoDad

6 ай бұрын

They are working perfectly

🌴🌴🌴 Before you use the pliers to pull the plug apart , I found a small nub that you press on it and you pull the plug apart without need of pliers .

boards go up but the rear door doesn't go all the way up and I can't figure out why??

Iam super confused about this car. I bought 3 month ago and iam having so many problems may be I’ll return , I love this car but problem hurts me 😢 I went service center for Running board issue they said it’s need software update, they did and again Iam facing running board problem

Lol mine went and I fell out of my truck just like that

My motor went out and I really don’t even want these running boards anymore. But now that I can get the boards to go down to give me access to the bolts, it’s impossible to uninstall them. Anyone have a similar experience? Advice would be HUGE!

@farhanasworldbdusa2205

9 ай бұрын

Iam having this problem , don’t know what to do , return this car or repair 👩‍🔧

Having a brain cramp, where did you order the motor assembly from?

@AutoDad

Жыл бұрын

Links in the description for both eBay and Amazon

Why not just clean and lube the hinges? They’ll work like new.

@AutoDad

Жыл бұрын

My motors were bad. Tried the hinge approach and did nothing

@gbellamyjr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, early in the game it will help but years of salt and dirt and the up and down motion destroys the motors.

Only one running board doesn’t work .

Too much talking and not enough doing

95 % of the time the hinges are seized, that’s ur problem. U gotta lubricant them! Sorry to say but u bought those for nothing

@AutoDad

Жыл бұрын

Hinges were fine

@curtisjones7393

Жыл бұрын

That's not always the case..My situation the board comes down but doesnt retract..I have to manually push it up, when done so it falls back down on its own...

@davidshale1836

3 ай бұрын

Motor us in up position on new assembly. How do I get it in down position

@joshuazehr1397

Ай бұрын

My are stuck down cleaned and lubricated the pics out of it and still doesn't work welcome to the 5 percent.