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Location: Alsip, IL | I've been going through foot pedals about one a year. Its getting very frustrating and costly. I take great care of mine to. I always bring mine in when trailering my boat, keep it in the house, Idk why this is happening. Anyone have a similar problem or a solution? |
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| Keep buying pedals. They are junk. I just sold a boat with a powerdrive and sent 5 pedals with the boat. 4 were junk (not sure why I kept them). One a year sounds about average. |
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| Sand eats them up in a hurry. Try sprayin them out out with canned air or an air hose after a weekend on the water.
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Location: WI | Buy a motor guide wireless. Have had them on my last two boats with zero problems. I have two friends that have had the same issues. With all the problems with minn kotas I just can't figure out why there so popular. |
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Location: WI | Maybe I'm just lucky on this. Still using the same foot pedal that came with the new boat in March of 2008. No problems with it, ever. I do have a habit of rinsing the sand off of my shoes before I step into my boat. A little OCD when it comes to trying to keep my boat clean. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | powerdrive pedals are junk....very hard for them to make it through 2 seasons of consistent use. Just part of the b.o.a.t. experience |
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Location: NoDak | verry unfortunate, but with my terova pedal i just fish in the rain and that every 8 days of use keeps it lubed up haha, back years ago i actualy dunked my foot pedal in the lake on a daily basis, still works on my rowboat 13 years old haha, just put new brushes in the motor at a shop
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Location: Minocqua, WI | Over the years I've had your same problems. After going through the product exchange process year after year, I decided to do something about it myself with a few "MacGyver" modifications.
http://www.fishing-headquarters.com/fishcast/2012/06/longevity-tips...
Pound on my troller 100 days/yr, and it's still kicken and about to begin on year 3.
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Location: Garrison, Mn | I solved the problem by upgrading to the ipilot. I like it better than the pedal. You'll loose the pedal and only have the hand held remote |
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Location: Alsip, IL | I did look at ipilot. I just like having a foot pedal. But for 80 bucks every 100 hours of fishing it's just not worth it. And it's only a matter of time before one fails mid tourney then I'll just unhook the whole thing n watch it sink to the bottom.
Edited by mecoltin123 4/27/2014 4:30 PM
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