Trolling Motor Problem

[zx150]

Can a bent trolling motor shaft be fixed? I have bent the shaft on my Motor Guide Tour Edition and it is a little diffucult to steer the boat. Thanks in advance for the replies. Ryan

[dpage70]

yeah you can straighten it i just helped a friend do it a few weeks ago. it's a royal pain in the a## but it can be done.

[zx150]

How did you do it?

[peter]

You can also buy a new shaft. I bought a few for about 50 installed. Had quotes of 150 though. It was minn kota

[Basswipe]

You can buy a new shaft as well. B&J Marine in Louisville is an authorized service center on most all makes of trolling motors. They can get the part and either you can install it, or have them install it for you.

[peter]

That's where my 150 quote came from. I got it done at Saywers in Charlestown Indiana for 50.

[dpage70]

we took the whole trolling motor apart. that's just because we are men and wanted to see what made it tick and since we didn't know if we could fix it or not, what's a better opportunity. took a real big crowbar ad stuck it in the shaft, then wrapped it around a telephone pole with him pulling on one end and me on the other. i'm 6'3 240# he's 5'8 165# so you can imagine how that went. then once we figured out that we really could fix it we started arguing about how it went back together since neither of us paid attention (remember we didnt think we could fix it). finally 2 1/2 hours later we got it back together and went to the lake only to find out then then the tension on cables were WAY loose. tore it aprt on the lake again and got that fixed. basically the moral to the story is, save the trouble and take peter's advice, not mine lol.

[Basswipe]

LOL! I've had a few of those Tim the Tool Man Taylor moments myself. It's all part of what makes life interesting.:-)

[dpage70]

it wasn't funny at all at the time. i just about broke him in half lol. we were talking about that this weekend and just dying laughing.

[Chubminnow]

Peter...is it Saywers or Sawyers in Charlestown, IN?

I work in Jeffersonville and have a southern Indiana phone book but didn't see a listing for them...do you have their number or can you share their address?