Minn kota trolling motor wont turn left or right

This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member. I have a Minnekota trolling motor on the front of my boat with a foot pedal. It will rotate right, but it won't rotate left. Any idea what is causing this?

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Minn kota trolling motor wont turn left or right

Log in. Sign up. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Sometimes it wont turn, sometimes slow and sometimes it just staggers. Not sure if its a remote problem, wiring, control board etc. I've done searches and found different info, but no solid answers. Anyone else had this issue before? I don't want to start paying and replacing parts without knowing the cause. Sort by Oldest first Oldest first Newest first Most reactions. I have the small remote with no screen.

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User Name Remember Me? Minnkota won't turn left. Minnkota Power Drive was working fine, no signs of acting up, then at once it wouldn't turn left with the foot control. Everything else was working. Got back to camp and tried another foot control and got the same results.

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Minn kota trolling motor wont turn left or right

This box will disappear once you are signed in as a member. My dad, a friend, and I all have Minn-Kota trolling motors varying in years from years old. All of them at one point or another have had the problem with not turning to the right. Turning to the left is never a problem but just this weekend mine acted up and will not turn to the right. Curious if anyone else had had an issue like this and what your solution was. Thanks for any help! Inside the box that the shaft goes through,There is a small white motor with gears, its the motor to turn left and right Either the motor drive slipped and the gear is stuck or the gear is in it limit right and the cogs dont align. I repair many with the problem,and with the little motor froze up. Had the same problem towards the end of last season and totally forgot about it when I went out this season, fighting river currents with a trolling motor that wont turn right is something you don't want to do I took my motor box apart to fix the wires and clean it out thinking this would fix it in a jiffy, turned out it didn't and the problem I was having was with my pedal.

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I checked everything, replaced the board with no results. After ruling out the bad foot pedal, I was out on the lake and put it on "autopilot" and it turned left using that. Thanks for the help. A pretty good workout but well worth the effort! Another problem - was trying to chase tarpon in highest speed and motor stopped working - negative main power cable from deck plug to control board corroded internally to the point it had no continuity - wouldn't conduct electricity - replaced that section of cable with Ancor 8 gauge, hard to make small blade connections at board but I did it - recent thread about Golden Channels - they make those cables with connectors. Could it be one of the cables inside the unit? Insert Quotes Quotes Post Reply. Display as a link instead. Recommended Communities. Not sure if its a remote problem, wiring, control board etc. I have a Minnekota trolling motor on the front of my boat with a foot pedal. Zika 94 Replies.

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