Topic: Stripped trolling motor screws

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April 28, 2013 at 7:09 pm #296832

RatLtrap
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Hey guys, Im a new 2012 eyra owner. Im a frequent viewer of this forum but this is my first post. Anyway,After each day of fishing I usually thoroughly clean my boat. After going through rough water sat I figured itd be a good time to check tightness of bolts/ screws. Well I went to tighten the screws that hold the trolling motor (MG) to hull and all four just spun out. Any ideas/suggestions?

April 28, 2013 at 7:38 pm #296833

Bass Cat Boats
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Theyre not stripped ! They have nuts and a backing plate behind them and you must pull plug plate and reach in with a boxed in wrench and hold the nuts to tighten.Good news and bad !P.s., dont drop the wrench ! Tie a string to it just in case.

April 28, 2013 at 8:37 pm #296834

Bass Cat Boats
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They are floated tightend in the deck to secure the mount, which is more or less floated on the deck retained by those screws. There is the mentioned backing plate and they have nylox nuts on the backside.

April 28, 2013 at 10:01 pm #296835

cef1965
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BCB is very ingenious with the plates they use to help secure trolling motors. These are NOT the easiest to get to, but the screws are not stripped. You are turning the bolt and nut together. On some rigs the front plate resembles a square with the corner cut on one side to compensate for the bow coming to a point. I was sore for a week after changing trolling motors, but have great confidence with its security. The backing plates presented a challenge to access.

April 28, 2013 at 10:13 pm #296836

RatLtrap
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Thank yall for the great advice and quick response!

April 29, 2013 at 3:50 pm #296837

spbait
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Be careful when tightening the screws to ensure that each is secured at a fairly equal torque value. Tightening one significantly more than the others will put the TM bracket in a bind a you will have great difficulty deploying the TM.

April 29, 2013 at 6:23 pm #296838

Bass Cat Boats
Keymaster

dbasketman wrote: Tie a string to it just in case.Thats a good idea.

April 29, 2013 at 10:49 pm #296839

Bass Cat Boats
Keymaster

If its loose tighten it, if it is just a little slippage when you turn the screws leave it alone.
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