Reply With Quotecontact a MG authorized repair tech/facility, and they should be able to provide some info.
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motorguide help, please!
hey, folks, i need a lil advise. I was at my local lake on a windy day recently and hit some pretty hard waves. well, a little while later my trolling motor was not steering in the direction that the indicator said it was, so I looked her over and the lower unit was loose on the shaft. I have a motorguide wireless with a composite shaft and it looks like the shaft threads into the lower unit and there was some type of glue holding it in place and also sealed the water out. I don't think the shaft is broke or cracked anywhere, and I think I jut need to reglue it and it will be fine. but I am not sure what type of glue/epoxy to use. I am an auto collision repair tech so I have access to many different types of adhesives, some I KNOW won't let go, but I want to know exactly what the factory uses, and I can't seem to find that info anywhere.
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contact a MG authorized repair tech/facility, and they should be able to provide some info.
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I meant to behave, but there were just way too many other options available at the time.
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I did contact the nearest one and they said" bring it on down and lets look at!" THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE OUT A HINT OF INFO TO ME! well, that is over a 100 mile round trip and I'm not too intrested in paying them to do a job that I can do.Originally Posted by jimp
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Call or email Motorguide themselves. They should be able to help you.
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Call John Jones at jonestrollingmotor.com.
But remember, you may have gotten water in the motor and if you don't get it cleaned out you may end up spending more money than it would cost to take it to a service center. If you aren't comfortable opening the motor, you might be money ahead to go with a service center.
It's possible that the ASCs don't know what the glue is that is used to mount the shaft. They probably get it from MG with a MG part number.
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I appreciate your replies, I am getting somewhere with the local repair facility, now.
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John will help you out. If you can't find a number for him you can find him answering questions over at BBC - Homepage (bassboat central) in the trolling motor forum.
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