i just bought a new-used boat. it has a motorguide trolling motor. i think the head is setup wrong. if i have the foot pedal level the boat goes backwards. i loosened mount and faced top of trolling motor backwards w/ wired going out front of bow. with the head mounted backwards now the boat goes forward. it is almost like the head was repaired and put back together 180 off. i was wondering if this is a cable adjustment or if the head has to be taken apart and the gear reset 180 different. i hope this makes sense to someone.

thanks.

Mine is a Motorguide Digital FW 71.

The cable going to the head has a bar that has teeth in it. This sits in a rack guide. It connects to a gear and when you move the foot pedal the bar will go back and forth turning the motor.

Mine jumped the track during a quick high speed turn. I took the top cover off, took the cover to the rack guide off and realigned the movement of the motor by setting dead center then dropping the bar back into the rack guide. The rack guide housing is easy to mess up the screw threads so I took a couple of zip ties after I put the screws in and made sure the top cover of the guide would not pop loose. Does not take much once those threads are wore out to pop the cover enough to have the bar pop out and then you have to start all over again.

Once you have done this it only takes 20 minutes or so to readjust. I have a swingaway tounge with makes this easy to do on the ground. Not sure if you have this or not.

thanks trickster!

Thats the directions for the single cable steering.

The double cable steering is different but its just as easy to figure out once you've opened the top up.