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help - trolling motor only steers in one direction

scott504

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I'm new to trolling motors. Apologies in advance if this is a solved problem already, I've scoured google for weeks and can't find a forum post for this, please let know your 2 cents or a post that has this answer.


I have a 2017 minn kota trolling motor ( riptide powerdrive, ipilot, no foot pedal) and it will steer far to the right and stay engaged in that position, but when I steer to the left it slips back towards the middle. This has happened on the water and in my driveway, occasionally it's not happening, but usually it is. I'm not sure if it's ALWAYS the left side giving me problems or if it ever happens on the right.


I have tested it twice on the water in no current and multiple times in my driveway. Even if the motor meets resistance (the prop starts whacking the water container on my driveway), the steering will stay engaged in the right side even if I leave it at a sharp angle, but on the left side it won't turn very far and after it does it slips back towards the middle.


I posted some videos of the issue below.

motor turns to the left but doesn't stay engaged:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEn-fkoQeZA

motor steers to the right and stays there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQfPOYP-qI
 
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