Posted for "Bryan Burr" <bjburr@mwheli.com>:

 Jim
 I have had that problem as well.  The motor would not retract randomly.
 It is so frustrating when you have to take the entire back interior
 apart to access the motor and get it to work.
 
 The last time this happened I installed a jumper wire across the
 terminals of the "down" reed switch.  I have never had the problem
 again.  I just have to pay attention and make sure I don't over extend
 the flaps. I do this by setting the down LED on the trim indicator to be
 the lowest limit I want to attain plus I watch the extension to reach a
 visual reference point that I have on the wing.
 
 Problem has not returned and I am not tearing my airplane apart on some
 ramp in the rain or sweltering summer afternoon.  I think that sometimes
 we make the systems more complicated than is really necessary.
 
 Bryan
 N132BB
 

"""
  My ES has a little over 800 hours on it.  In that time I have had
 three
 instances of being unable to retract the flaps from full extension.  In
 each
 instance I was able to unhook the motor from the flaps and get it to
 run.  In
 each instance I found that the motor had pulled the actuator rod past
 the full
 extension limit switch until it jammed inside the rod's housing and
 popped the
 circuit breaker.
  
  When I pulled the pin out of the rod end the rod was very tight inside
 the
 housing.  When I slightly rotated the rod it got free and the motor
 would run
 and move the actuator rod.
"""