Minn Kota powerdrive speed control problem

[Fish_Heads]

We picked up a boat recently with the older style power drive 12 volt (bow mount) trolling motor. The speed control in the foot pedal is pretty much the same speed between setting #2 and 6, then it speeds up & works fine from #6 to 10. I think it actually loses speed beyond #2 in the 3 and 4 settings. Is there a fix for this (possibly cleaning the potentiometer contacts) or do I need to come up with a new pedal for it ? Thanks in advance Fish

[TJL009]

You can try and clean the contacts - there are a couple of screws on the bottom that hold the top cover on - remove them and clean the contacts. If that works, great! but me thinks you are heading for a new foot pedal...lots of problems with those older pedals. I went through 3 in 8 years.

[Fish_Heads]

Originally Posted by TJL009

You can try and clean the contacts - there are a couple of screws on the bottom that hold the top cover on - remove them and clean the contacts. If that works, great! but me thinks you are heading for a new foot pedal...lots of problems with those older pedals. I went through 3 in 8 years.

I put an ohm meter on the contacts on the foot pedal plug per the minn kota repair guide & the readings do seem to show that the speed control slider is varying the resistance like it should with no dead spots...........so what next ?

[brigeton]

Originally Posted by TJL009

You can try and clean the contacts - there are a couple of screws on the bottom that hold the top cover on - remove them and clean the contacts. If that works, great! but me thinks you are heading for a new foot pedal...lots of problems with those older pedals. I went through 3 in 8 years.

Yup. I had one of those motors and went through about a pedal per year mostly because of steering problems. I think mostly they don't like moisture. I had one go out when my wet dog dripped water all over it. The pd2 pedals are better I think but they won't fit the pd1. I went to the pd2 when the i-pilot came out so I don't use the foot pedal now.