I was reading a thread about trolling motors and someone replied they knew a trick to make a Motor Guide Tour 82 more quite. Mine is about 10-12 years old and works perfect but if you have the speed on 25% or more when you press the button to go it makes a clanking noise. It's not loud but it's loud enough that it bothered me. A member shared the tip with me and it works. I took a picture so it can be shared it with everyone else. What I done was apply black electrical tape on the area where the locking pins connect to the housing. For a lack of a better description it's where the "C" is located where the silver pin locks the motor in place. He did not mention it but I also put tape on the flat surface near the location where the motor locks in place. This took 100% of the noise away. Problem is over a period of years the pin wears out the "C" channel and does not fit 100% tight. The result is metal to metal with a little play and this makes noise. However metal to eletrical tape acts as a shim and metal to eletrical tape is silent I done this about 7-8 trips ago. It looks like I may have to replace it ever once in awhile but its only a 5 minute job and it's dead silent so it worth the effort.