2018 Flatbed steps button JAMMED

[scpete24]

Mines been jammed in for about 4 months now after I replaced the entire plastic cover plate that kept falling off due to broken tabs. I just roll with it. Agree with you its a bad design having a plastic push button to a metal mechanism.

 

[BigBlue20]

To me it looks like the lever must be worn. It has to have a hole or a bushing where it pivots. Whatever that pivot is is most likely metal and the lever is plastic which has deformed allowing the lever to be sloppy, allowing enough movement to slide past the metal part. In the plastics material world this property of the plastic is called “creep”, meaning the plastic “crept” away from the pivot, making the hole either larger or deformed. While heating the lever with a heat source will allow you to bend the lever, this may not stay there, plus, it will make the plastic only creep more. Lots of words, but basically the lever is worn out. Poor choice of material for the job. Possibly lubing that area on a new lever would help, but, I would use a dry lube like graphite. The plastic lever was most likely sourced because plastics usually provide their own lubricity. You can see this in your video. Good luck!