Minn Kota Foot Pedal Magnets Rusting Away...No Need To Buy Another Pedal!

[sexton]

Just a heads up to those who don't all ready know...When the magnet in the riptide kota foot pedals rust's away and you have no speed, you can order in a new magnet and replace it instead of purchasing a new foot pedal!

Only just found this out yesterday...Wish I knew this ages ago before I brought three foot pedals in the last couple of years due to the same problem!

[Juzza]

Originally Posted by Juzza

To those who care, you can get them from BLA and they come with the little wear plate glued on. I would recommend coating them in a light smear of reel grease to enhance life span. If they rust they jam in the housing and and not make proper contact, so the speed control plays up.

[jigger]

any chance you can put a pic up of where they are found in the pedal ?

my kota only seems to work when speed is on 5 or above ??

[Juzza]

http://www.breammaster.com/forum/att...1&d=1427104772

There are 2 magnets, one on top of the board and one directly underneath it. They attract each other, the top one sits in the arm which comes off the speed control.

[sexton]

Originally Posted by Juzza

Well there you go...I couldn't be bothered doing a search. Just think of it as bumping up the topic.

Originally Posted by jigger

my kota only seems to work when speed is on 5 or above ??

Sounds like the magnet is buggered mate.

[sexton]

Hey Juzza, do you have a link to that thread by any chance mate? I cant find it?

[sexton]

My bad...Just found it and I even commented on the thread.
Just goes to show how much I forget things.

[Runtdawg]

love that minn kota life... hahah

[Twoshoes]

Bumping an old thread but just bought a new boat and upon pulling apart the pedal found these rusted. Thanks for this Sexton, saved me a lot of $

Any idea if you can buy a standard magnet set somewhere or has to be Minn Kota specific?

[sexton]

No worries mate.

Not to sure about the standard magnets, I ordered mine from BLA, from memory it wasn't expensive.

[Kalashnikov]

Yeah ive been there with rusty magnets too. Once the speed control board is warped/worn away you can rewire the cable to a speed control pot. Under 10 bucks and dont have to shift your foot off the pedal! I can post more details on request.