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  1. 05-26-2021, 10:54 PM #1
    korferauma
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    lower unit assembly

    Hello all,

    I have a motorguide xi5 trolling motor and today it would run at full speed for about 30 seconds and then slow down and I was unable to get it to speed back up. I got home and opened the lower unit and found wires that were frayed so I put electrical tape around them and tried to close it back up. For some reason I can't seem to get it close back up now. I can't bring both ends close enough to get the long screws to connect to the threads.

    Is there a secret to getting the lower units to close back up?
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    #2 05-27-2021, 07:55 AM
    Metal doesn't compress. Frayed wires will not be fixed by taping them. You may need a new motor assembly, but someone here might be able to help you, not me. If there is an alignment notch on the housing that needs to be lined up if you had the magnet assembly off.
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    #3 05-27-2021, 08:48 AM
    Did you get the brushes back up on to the armature when trying to get it back together?
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    #4 05-28-2021, 05:15 AM
    Agree with Bill and Dan is spot on. You did not open up the brushes to allow the brush end housing to seat with the center housing. Strongly recommend you change out the motor and shaft. You can not save the composite shaft when you try to pull it out of the damaged motor. It will mess the threads up and if you reuse it water will enter the motor again.
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    #5 05-28-2021, 02:26 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Bradrodfish View Post
    Agree with Bill and Dan is spot on. You did not open up the brushes to allow the brush end housing to seat with the center housing. Strongly recommend you change out the motor and shaft. You can not save the composite shaft when you try to pull it out of the damaged motor. It will mess the threads up and if you reuse it water will enter the motor again.
    The shaft has loctite on the threads. You can heat the metal motor housing where the shaft threads into it, which breaks the loctite for removal of shaft with no damage to threads.
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    #6 05-29-2021, 07:12 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by JAZII View Post
    The shaft has loctite on the threads. You can heat the metal motor housing where the shaft threads into it, which breaks the loctite for removal of shaft with no damage to threads.
    This troll motor does not have a metal shaft. It is composite
    If it were metal then you could do as you stated.
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