mini kota riptide help

[adamsfence]

Originally Posted by Natural Light Kid

are you being sarcastic?

so they don't do good work? everyone told me they was good that i talked to. anyway they were the only ones that could work on minn kota

[adamsfence]

finished it today. they said the the controll box went out and the brushes was burnt in the motor. that is the second control box in about 6 months. hope this fixes everything. find out tomorow

[Hackberry Hustler]

DHP is the best in this area they do good work. I always order all the parts for mine from them and work on it myself. Glad you got it fixed.

[Deadly D]

Hey Fence make sure you put a inline breaker in there. I know they are a pain in the butt it could save you $$$ in the long run

[Ray]

Crap. I just got a new Riptide. Hope I get a few years out of it. I don't use it much, hopefully it will last.

[adamsfence]

Originally Posted by Deadly D

Hey Fence make sure you put a inline breaker in there. I know they are a pain in the butt it could save you $$$ in the long run

first thing thats going on when i get it back.

[adamsfence]

Originally Posted by Ray

Crap. I just got a new Riptide. Hope I get a few years out of it. I don't use it much, hopefully it will last.

ray i think i'm just snakebite because everyone else i talk to has great luck out of there's. think i just got a lemon. should be almost new now so maybe i'm starting over

[adamsfence]

piece of junk broke again

[Jordan]

lol... you got a lemon... i'd call minn kota and give them a piece of my mind !!!

[adamsfence]

Brought it back to dhp guy turned the knob and it worked. he said i guess it fixed it's self. I said i guess not. so we started taking it apart. the boy was very helpful once he figured i wasn't just going to leave.

anyway found out that it is a plastic piece on the 70lbs (which i have) that holds the brushes in place. any higher than that in trust it is copper that holds them. if you use your trolling motor on high as i do on big lake fairly often it melts the plastic and makes the brushes stick. when it cools down they weren't sticking. anyway fixed it and gave me a spair. he said they are suppose to be issuing a fix on it.......So this being said don't buy a 70lbs riptide.. go to the 80 or 101.....if you do have one don't lug it in mud or use it on high very long. the marsh is what got mine got stuck in the mud