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I have a Minnkota trolling motor and this weekend at Patoka my directional indication arrow quit moving or at least it is off from what it's supposed to be.Haven't looked at it yet but was wondering if anyone knew what the problem was or how to fix it?
Golly..
I hope I can say what I want to... If you take a screw driver remove the "cap" of the trolling motor.. turn it over. There is often a small round plastic channel. Normally, there is part of the steering cable goes inside this and it moves the indicator arrow to show you which direction the motor is heading.
I have had part of this channel actually break causing the arrow NOT to move. I have also had part of the steering cable that enters this channel slide out causing the arrow not to move.
There is also a possibility that the steering cable itself has broken. If thathappens... the foot control pedal will be extremely loose and the motor will not turn.
I would almost consider the channel under the arrow is broken or the cable has slipped.
GOOD LUCK..
Okay thanks!
I opened it up and it was just out of mess it only had 4 positions it can be set it unless the teeth on the gear skip. So just by taking the head off and reseating it was the ticket! Also found that the led light was wired the wrong polarity so I flopped the wires and it worked so got two birds with one stone thanks everyone.