I was wondering if you guys might be able to help me out.  My trolling motor shaft does not line up in its spot when I pull it up and lay it on the deck.  It falls to the side of the groove it is supposed to fall in.  I have not hit anything and there is no reason anything should be bent.  When I pull it up out of the water I have to take extra caution to be sure and let it fall where it is supposed to go.  Any advice or tips on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.    Its a MinnKota Fortrex.

Best guess....Could be that it is not mounted level and it is torqued a bit making the head land out of alignment.  May need shims.  Jeromy could give you a better idea.

Brad I should have known after all the MinnKotas we have been through.  Something about all that metal showing made me think it would be a beast. 

Thanks guys for your help.  I am going to work on it tonight so I can give you guys more info and try to better explain.  I bought it brand new and put it on myself (maybe the problem).  Seemed like it has always had this problem.  Sometimes it will fall where it needs to but most of the time it seems to fall off to the side. 


My closest MinnKota service guy is a sour deal artist and still has my older one so I wanted to try and get it working myself.  It is fishable but with it being pretty new I was hoping to not have to worry about being extremely careful and trying to line it up each time.  Thanks again guys.

i have called minnkota service many times with problems and they are always very helpful.  i do not have the 800 # but i know it is on the website

Also tighten the Allen wrench.  I found mine loosens over time