R-25 Aft Thruster

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Ken Boyd

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Fluid Motion Model
C-248 C
Hull Identification Number
2517H809
Vessel Name
Kristi Marie
When I was taking my boat out of the water for the winter, I discovered the aft thruster was not working in the starboard direction. It worked fine for going to port but not to starboard. Just silence when I moved the joy stick to go to starboard. I assumed this might be an electrical connection problem somewhere in the thruster's circuit or possibly a problem with the joy stick controller itself since the thruster seem to working fine but only in one direction. I put off tearing into this project until spring.

While I am waiting for warmer weather, I was wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar problem with their thruster and what was the fix?
 
Ken
While waiting for the weather to warm up, I'd suggest conducting a search for "thruster" in each of the forums. There's a wealth of info there - perhaps more than you will want to know. I've had my own share of thruster issues, which led to replacing both fore and aft thrusters on our 2007 R-25 last spring. Hopefully, your issues will not lead to that drastic step.
Joe
 
Ken, if you PM me with your e-mail address I will send you an excellent troubleshooting guide which I received from Side-Power when I went through an issue with my thrusters. It took me step-by-step to isolate the issue which ended up being electrical in the joy stick controller. There is also a section on one direction operation such as you have. The control head is very easy to remove for all troubleshooting - four small screws and it is out. The guide is very well structured, easy to understand and best of all has color photos showing steps.
Best regards,
Mike
 
Mike:

Please share the guide.

My e-mail address is below.
 
Howard, thanks for posting the web site. After the folks at Imtra sent me a copy of the troubleshooting guide I did not think to go deeper as I resolved my issue. I found the guide to be one of the better one's as photos and labels made it very easy, and easy troubleshooting is what I like. :lol:
 
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