2016 36V X5 105lb stopped working while on the water.
If I spin the prop by hand the motor will run fine. I was thinking the brushes were worn out. I took apart the lower unit to see if water had penetrated or brushes were gone. From what I could tell, it all looked clean. Put it back together and the it ran fine for 2 days on the water and then it started doing the same thing again. Its still under warranty but I don't have time to wait on MG to get it done.
Fire away!
I would first check all the connections going to the trolling motor. Electric motors need more current to start than to keep running. A bad connection may not be supplying enough current to start the motor. If you find nothing there, looks like you're going to need to take it to a Motorguide service center so they can properly diagnose.
John
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Turning the prop by hand to use the motor will get you hatin' life in a heartbeat. If it's out of warranty and defective drop back by for additional hints, but if the connections are good and you can get it fixed for free.........
bad armature. have a bad spot on it and once you put it past the bad spot by hand it will go.
Finally got my motor fixed. The main board was replaced, under warranty!
*update* the board did not fix the motor.... the shop replaced the armature and now its fixed. "shallowhal" called it
Your symptoms were of a bad spot on the armature, but like John said, since you spent the big bucks, use the free service.
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