Well, my Eagle Fishmark 480 unit came in and I've got it all installed except for the transducer cable routing. This appears to be problematic.
I bought the bracket to attach it to my trolling motor. However, I have a Minn Kota Powerdrive unit. The Powerdrive, for those not familiar with it, has a shaft that slides down through a hole in the steer-drive housing when it is deployed. Therefore, I cannot attach the transducer cable to the motor shaft (externally) because then it cannot slide down through the hole.
So what I did was do a direct routing from the lower unit to the top of the shaft, and then routed it back down along the spiraling motor cable. This allows the motor to deploy. However, I now have a problem in that if I turn the motor more than about 60 degrees, the transducer line gets caught on the motor mount.
Any ideas??? If I take the motor apart, can I route the cable up through the shaft.? That would be ideal, but how hard is this to do? I'm pretty handy, but I'm not a motor mechanic.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I bought the bracket to attach it to my trolling motor. However, I have a Minn Kota Powerdrive unit. The Powerdrive, for those not familiar with it, has a shaft that slides down through a hole in the steer-drive housing when it is deployed. Therefore, I cannot attach the transducer cable to the motor shaft (externally) because then it cannot slide down through the hole.
So what I did was do a direct routing from the lower unit to the top of the shaft, and then routed it back down along the spiraling motor cable. This allows the motor to deploy. However, I now have a problem in that if I turn the motor more than about 60 degrees, the transducer line gets caught on the motor mount.
Any ideas??? If I take the motor apart, can I route the cable up through the shaft.? That would be ideal, but how hard is this to do? I'm pretty handy, but I'm not a motor mechanic.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!