First problem with one of my 12' Talons....... damitboy!

[Jeff Homan]

Was fishing a lake out in 11' of water, set up on a roadbed, deployed both of the talons, no problem, then when it was time to move I hit the foot remote to pull them up, starboard came upon problem, port beeped 3 times. I thought it was stuck in the mud, so I rocked it with the trolling motor, hit the up botton, 3 beeps. Would not retract, time to break out the ratchet. Thank God I had put a 1/4" drive 7/16th socket in the boat. That was the good news, bad news was it was a short ratchet. Man it was hard to crank this thing up, so if you have talons, get you a good , HD ratchet with a long handle or a cheater bar. I'll be callin Minn Kota tomorrow as these appear to have been built July of 2015. The guy I bought the boat from, had bought them and put them on a year or so before I bought the bug from him last summer. I hope this will not be an issue.

[KandKKustomz]

[kry29]

Once you got it up you never tried it again? I would have had to later just to see.

[Jeff Homan]

Yes today, I tilted the unit and deployed it, it deployed as usual, but will not come back up. I lubricated the unit and tried it again, just three beeps. Checked electrical connections and they were all good. Had to crank it back up again. I did this a couple more times with the same results. I have sent an email to Minn Kota.

[B20cc]

Do you have to do anything other than just ratchet up? I tried one day with mine wouldn't ratchet.

[T Live151]

Have the same problem with one of my 12' Talons. I took it off last night and am taking it to get repaired

[Jeff Homan]

Sent mine back to Minn Kota, still under warranty!

[T Live151]

Isn't the warranty 5 years? 2 are on electrical and the rest on mechanical?

[Jeff Homan]

Isn't the warranty 5 years? 2 are on electrical and the rest on mechanical?

Yes

[mn_bowhunter]

Did you check to see if the cable popped off the roller?

[Jeff Homan]

Did you check to see if the cable popped off the roller?

Nope, once I had deployed it several times and lubed it and had to hand crank it in, I said to heck with it! On it's way back to Minn Kota!

[Maine-Basser]

In the future, you can take the top cap off and see what is going on in there. Sometimes it is a simple fix. I had this happen to me and the cable came off the pulley. Loosened the tension, set the cable, tightened and good to go.