YeOldeRusty

Actually the plate that the TM is mounted to was held to the boat with sheet metal screws (good size ones too). It had 2 in all 4 corners of the plate. It's been on there good since 2016 so I think the screws would've been fine. Not saying I would use them in the future, but good to know that if I can't get under it with a nut then sheet metal screws would work.

Appreciate all the help. For some reason I thought they were metal screws holding the motor to the plate. When I undid the plate that the trolling motor is mounted on, I figured out they were actually threaded machine screws with nuts like y'all were saying. Problem solved ?

Not sure where I would put my hand in. They're in the pedestal baseplate and there's no way to get up into or under it without removing it, which I'm trying to do. It could be a nuts spinning behind, but I'm not sure how I would get in there and hold the nut

Getting a new boat and keeping my trolling motor. I went to remove it today and It seems like all the screws holding it on are spinning freely. It's been about 6 years since I mounted it so I've forgotten how it's put together. The 6 screws in the picture are all loose. Thought they might have been stripped but cannot remove any of them. Any help with disassembly would be appreciated.

I found them through the Minn Kota website on list of certified techs. They took apart the foot and took out armature, brushes, etc. but never replaced anything. Just put it back together Here’s the fuse I’ve had that trolling motor on there since 2017 and this is the first issue. Wasn’t even the motor and that fuse lasted almost 5 years so I just replaced it

Mystery solved. Found an inline fuse I didn’t know about that the shop guys said they checked. Thing was absolutely melted and had to install new fuse holder. Coulda saved about $140

But if the battery cables are corroded, why would I still be getting full voltage at the outlet?

I just tried going directly into control board. No luck. It’s strange that I’m getting 12v at the input wires, but as soon as they’re connected to the board it drops to 4v. Then nothing at the output

Using 2017 Minn Kota Maxxum 55lb with variable speed control About a month ago my Minn Kota started working intermittently then quit all together. Every so often when I pressed the button I would here it click and then nothing. I replaced the control board and got nothing. I took it in to a shop last week and $150 in labor later we still had no answer. When unplugged the outlet gets about 13.5V. When plugged in, the input wires to control board drop to around 4v and there is nothing on the output wires. If I use jumper cables and attach from battery to output wires from control board leading to motor, the motor starts going fine. Yet if I connect the input and output wires directly and skip the control board, nothing. Even putting output wires directly on outlet yields nothing. One guy at the shop said it had to be a bad armature. I called a parts shop to order a new armature and the guy told me over the phone that if the armature was bad then it wouldn’t spin at all when using jumper cables. Does anyone have any suggestions on what might be wrong? I really don’t feel like spending $200 at a shop just for them to tell me it’s a switch or something minor. Thanks