minn-kota disassembly

[jbehr]

Have removed the back houseing and armature from a 50pd and am wondering how you remove the center (magnet) houseing. I don't see any fasteners holding it in exploded view of motor but it won't even wiggle. Appreciate any help.

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

Re: minn-kota disassembly

They are glued in there. You can't order just the magnets as they are part of the housing assembly. Had one come loose once and put it back in with an expoxy glue.

 

[jbehr]

Re: minn-kota disassembly

Thank you Bill. But I was trying to remove the entire houseing with the magnets from the front houseing where the brushes are. This morning I took aheatgun to the front houseing after reading on the minn-kota web site that they use heatgun to melt the loktite in the tube to front houseing threads.
I was afraid the heat would melt the paint. About 3 minutes of heat and the houseing lifted right out.