The complex rotation of a ruthenium based double-decker molecular rotor is resolved via ultrahigh vacuum low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. The study was performed at temperatures of 4.2 K and 77 K on a Au(111) substrate. Inelastic electron tunneling (IET) was utilized to induce stepwise rotation of the molecule with respect to the surface. Subsequent rates of molecular switching, induced via tunneling currents, display sets of discrete energy minima with respect to the molecular stator and to the surface. The molecular rotator is composed of a set of semi-rigid arms whose non-rigid components, upon IET induced rotation, are observed to change conformation to the particular energy minima of the rotor. The resulting STM images were compared to calculated images of the same molecule. Additionally, the rotator was dissociated, revealing an intact stator adsorbed on the Au(111) surface. We acknowledge the financial support of US-DOE; DE-FG02-02ER46012, and NSF-PIRE; OISE 0730257 grants.