Last Fall someone (Bill Reynolds?) made a thread about fixing a loose and rattling MK trolling motor buy gluing a piece of rubber at the end of the mount so the trolling motor rests on it when deployed. My Maxxum was loose and would move side to side in the mount. It would move and rattle when I first applied power and again when I would let off the power. The rattle was annoying and might have even been spooking fish. Well, last fall I took the advice on that thread and used some hot glue to install a square piece of rubber that I cut out of an old inner tube. I glued it right near the end of the mount. Today I had the boat out for the first time since doing that it that fix took care of the problem. The trolling motor no longer moves side to side and rattles when I get on or off the power. Thanks to whoever came up with this fix!