Took my wife and son out to Merrisach Lake catfishing today. Wind was howling! First thing happened was the belt drive on my ulterra broke! That didnt stop us. Went out and had a great trip! My son and I give it 2 thumbs up!!!
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Took my wife and son out to Merrisach Lake catfishing today. Wind was howling! First thing happened was the belt drive on my ulterra broke! That didnt stop us. Went out and had a great trip! My son and I give it 2 thumbs up!!!
That stinks. Haven't heard of that happening before.Quote:
Originally Posted by LowePro
Any ideas how to fix it??? Turns out the belt didnt officially break. It just pulled out of the head of the motor. I put it back but..... Trolling motor still will not go up and down. I think where the belt is also caught up inside the motor part that fits around the shaft of the trolling motor. But i aint tearing into that hahaha. The parts list looks like it gets very complicated there. Talked to a certified minn kota mechanic and he said to bring it on in but.... Also said he hasnt laid eyes on one of these trolling motors yet. I really do not know which direction to go. I feel like this is gonna cost me and arm and a leg AND even worse loose a month worth fishing time. I was gonna take family to table rock lake on wednesday for 7 days to fish. Those plans just got canceled. Looks like silver dollar city here we come. I will drop my boat off on the way there i guess. Any help would be much appreciated!
Aggravating when the latest greatest newest stuff there's up on ya but looks like yall made the best of what could have been a terrible day !!!! WTG!!!!!
If you talked to Gary at N. I. F. E. Marine he's good and will get right on it. Should be a warranty item I would think. Shouldn't cost you anything. Giving him a mess of crappie might help too.
I will look gary up! I like the not costing a thing deal!!!
And I will spare a few crappie too!
See wayne at the trolling motor shop.in pine bluff he is good as they come working on a trolling motor . They have a 3 yr warranty !!!!!
I called Mr. Gary at N.I.F.E. marine. He was a super nice guy, but regretted to inform me that he had no experience with Ulterras. That was an admirablel thing to do on the front end. He sounds like a great guy. He did refer me to Wayne in Pine Bluff. Small world. I am taking my boat to Mr. Wayne on thursday. He said no promises but he would give it heck! Thanx guys for the help. I had no Idea where to turn when disaster struck. Great family here on crappie.com!
I bet wayne can fix it or it can't be fixed !!!!!
If it is under warranty I'd call minn Kota and see what they say, have you had the motor more than a year, I'd think they would at least have a year warranty, they might even send you a new oneQuote:
Originally Posted by LowePro
I know someone who took a trolling motor to pine bluff twice and it never got fixed right, rebuilt it the first time and forgot to install the seals , first time in the water guess what happened, fixed that problem , next time to the lake , prop wouldn't turn, it was over thigtened and when you put it in the water it wouldn't turn, not so sure about lettin him work on something he hasn't touched before , if ha know what I mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want it to be a warranty item you better call Minnkota and take it to an authorized dealer repair facility. There may be more but I only remember Minnkota telling me about nife marine and another dealer in mountain home. I took my demonic possessed terrova to nife marine before the warranty went out but they determined that rapidly dropping voltage from questionable batteries may be contributing to the problem. By the time I got the batteries replaced, determined the problem still existed and was able to get it back to Sherwood it was out of warranty but Gary said Minnkota would take care of it. He'd also said he'd had no idea what was wrong with it but Minnkota would. They replaced the whole head and the remote control for free under warranty. FYI
Call these folks just south of little rock. Authorized dealer and all around good guy. Also a board sponsor. Bet he can tell you what to do or get it fixed for you.
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I have called minn kota all day yesterday and not one time did the phone ring. Was busy the whole time. I emailed them. Was immediately sent an email back saying that it could take up to 2 business days for them to respond. My fishing post of piks are about to dramatically decrease cuz I aint gonna get to go. I will check into ur guy as well cray. Thanx fellas :banghead
Aw, you're just a show off anyways. LmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by LowePro
You can go with me Gewber. [emoji57]
Hahahahaha I will take ya up on that BRM!!! I have quite a bit of time off in july! :biggrin
Motor is officially fixed! Mr Wayne at trolling motor shop in pine bluff had it up and running in no time! And he taught me alot about them too! He said he wasn't familiar with them....well he looked like he knew exactly what he was doing. He went straight to the problem (tooth missing on the belt). Was caught in the pulley system. But not anymore! Thanx guys!
I knew if it could be fixed wayne could !!!'!! He is the best in the business! !!'!!!
He definitely is!!! Thanx for the heads up!