20 Most Recent Minn Kota Maxxum 70 Freshwater Bow Mount Trolling Motor - Page 2 Questions & Answers

if you have fuses on your motor they will be hooked to the end of your motor cables at battery most is a little silver box check to see if they tripped little black button on side push them in

foot switch is out

foot switch is out replace it

Check for loose connections or faulty/shorted main power cables.

The wires melt because the current thru them is way too high - when using 24v it should be half than when using 12v. Have you made sure the correct voltage is selected? You have to make the wiring switch to use 24 volts otherwise if you are using 24v on the 12v circuit the current will be twice what the circuit was designed to support .

Ok, I have done this quite a few times so take heed, I am not familiar with the MK65 but I am sure the principal is the same on all of these motors..
Take off the top half of the plastic head and look on the center shaft. Your two foot control wires wrap around a plastic spool which sits on the shaft with a spline fit. If you have not done this before, get a pad and pencil and draw the way the wires come in, lay and attach in that plastic spool - because when you pull it off, if they come off you will be scratching your head wondering what the hell you did. You can figure it out but why think if you don't have to, its not as simple as it sounds because spool rotates, the wires wrap round and round etc.. Slack your cable tension adjustment screw in the footpedal all the way off, then what you have to do is slide that plastic spool off, and rotate it until you have the right position. The object of this, is to have the motor set pointing straight ahead, with your footpedal in the middle incline position, so you have full travel in each direction up and down. When you do this, you have to be aware that with the cables loose, they can come off the cams in the footpedal if you don't keep tension on them. Good luck.

Sure can! Chances are if you need brushes, you should do a clean up of the motor as well. If there has been no water intrusion then the job is fairly easy, if water has gotten into the motor you'll need to spend some time and elbow grease cleaning it out . Always replace the seals, they come in a kit and are inexpensive. At a repair shop average repair bill shouldn't be more than $70-90 for this including parts. Parts can be purchased here: www.mikesreelrepair.com

Hi!
Here's a schematic for your motor:
Max 70
My guess is you are correct in it being the brushes.
More times than not the motor will have leaked from in behind the prop are. What happens is a peice of monofilament line floating around in the water gets caught behind the prop and cuts the seals up, allowing water intrusion.
To remedy you'll need to clean up the entire bottom motor and replace the brushes, bearing and seal kit too. Clean up the commutator (copper area, now probably black in color, where the brushes ride on) with fine emory paper and you should be good to go!
Best of luck
Mike

you have to pull the black gear with the 2 cables on it up off the steel slpine gear, point motor straight, level pedal and reassemble