MinnKota PD Motor

[Hillbiehle]

I've searched through the archives but have been unable to find the answer. Perhaps somone can help. My 1.5 yr old Minnkota PD 48lb 12v trolling motor will not turn left. Turning right and the speed control both work fine. Any suggestions on where to begin?

Thanks for any advise.

CB

[Chris Stolp]

I suspect that your controller has a bad switch in it.

[TSCTSC]

Do you have a copilot installed? If you do, try disconnecting it and just controlling it with the foot pedal. If the problem disappears, it would be the copilot. I had that happen to me once and I thought it was the PD, but turned out to be the copilot that was defective.

[katoguy]

If it is a plain PowerDrive (no AutoPilot or CoPilot), then you probably have a foot pedal with burnt switches as mentioned above.

One of the leading causes of this type failure is due to a short in the drive housing (the leads to the servo motor touching the inside case of the drive housing). If you just replace the pedal (symptom of a larger problem) without getting to the real problem (short) the foot pedal issue may manifest again.

[FZ]

I had the exact problem with my 65AP a couple weeks ago. I just took apart the foot control and cleaned it up. Put it back and its working again. If this cannot fix your problem, try to buy a used one. I am sure a lot people who had copilot will sell you one for less half price of a new one.

[Gus]

I keep a small spray can of "electronic parts cleaner" in my boat. If the motor starts acting up the first thing I do is clean my foot pedal. That has worked every time so far. Knock on wood!

[burl]

Eventualy the contacts that turn the motor left and right go bad in the foot pedal curcuit board.No way to fix and a new curcuit board cost as much as a new pedal.New foot pedal is about $70.00.Picked mine up at fishlectronics.Burl.