Minnkota Deckhand 40 Anchor Winch Install and Disassembly
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- This is a video of an unboxing, disassembly/motor removal, installation, reassembly of a Minnkota Deckhand 40 electric anchor winch. The install instructions that came with it are garbage, so I made a tutorial video.
This winch was installed on the front of a pontoon boat. This particular installation has the davit connected to the main housing frame of the Deckhand 40, but this tutorial should be helpful for anybody who needs assistance with removing the motor assembly from the enclosure to make room for the mounting bolts
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
You don't have to remove the motor and stuff to bolt up. All you have to do is get a paint marker and mark where the holes line up. Then you get a smaller drill bit and drill, then move up to a bigger drill bit. Once you drill the holes the hole underneath the motor will just clear. The other way to do it, is to get a piece of paper and then mark the holes and just drill the hole with the paper as a template. You don't need to take the whole thing out. I bought a bracket for my Tritoon and it works well. Installation took about 2 hours total with 2 guys.
Thank you. Useful video. I wouldn’t have disassembled the whole unit, but I understand you wanted to secure it well.
Thanks! need to pull mine to de-rust/paint the base plate and replace rusting installation bolts....this is very helpful!
I have 2 track outdoors that I've used for 20 years. Only had to replace switches once. Good video!
Thanks, you saved me a lot of time. As a mechanical designer of 45 years...this was a very crappy mounting design. Minn-Kota should be ashamed.
I’m glad it helped. I couldn’t find a decent video when I had trouble with this, so I figured maybe other people would be having the same trouble , so I made this video. Good luck!
Hahaha!!! "I said Nuts!!!" Thanks for this video. I just had to remove my trolling motor and didn't have any paperwork after getting this used boat. Worked perfectly.
Oops, meant to say deckhand 40, not trolling motor.
Eddie, I’m delighted to hear that this video helped. I was a bit confused when you mentioned the trolling motor, but I figured you knew what you were doing. Thanks for the feedback. Enjoy your new boat!
Thanks for the vid! I just purchased the exact unit. Going to drill my own holes so I don't have to pull the entire thing apart. Bad design, wow!
That video is far from lame as you claimed!!!! Thank you for making this video, it was very helpful for me.
Mike. Thanks for the kind words. I’m very happy to hear that it helped. Don’t hesitate to contact me if I can provide further assistance 👍
Thanks for posting this. It is disappointing that companies seem to design things in a way that makes it almost impossible to use them. You are a patient man and have I taken Minnkota off my list. Thinking of a TRAC Outdoor winch now.
Minn cota great . Installer in video terrible !!!
Excellent video, learned a lot, Thanks
Nice job on informing us on your journey / Explanations are great!! Thanks for sharing :} !!!
Going to install one. Thanks your video helped. Incredible what the installation cost are.
Good for you man. I expect you will love having this on your boat!
Hey thanks this made my life alot easier
Jonathan, that’s great to hear. Have fun out there!
9:08 I think the rubber watchers are for under your boat to protect the wood. At least on a trolling motor, I use the rubber washers so that when the trolling motor turns left or right the rubber is what squeezes really hard against the wood. Otherwise the washer will chew into the wood over time. So those rubber washers the way I understand should go underneath the boat in your case.
This makes a lot more sense than my approach. Thanks for the tip!
What gauge wire did you use and the distance from battery I can not get mine to lift the anchor 30lbs it pulls the voltage down
Also if you get the Minn Kota quick release by either getting the pontoon model or buying it separately, you won't have to remove that piece you are talking about around 3:30.
Looking for a follow up on this video please. I am considering buying 2 for my Tritoon. how have they held up? was it difficult to run the wiring?
@@DrJeffM they have held up quite well. No major issues. The wiring wasn’t a problem for me, and I’m an idiot.
I say go for it if you don’t mind tinkering a bit Happy pontooning!
Great video. Please share the geared motor specs on the label. Thanks.
Great video. Unfortunately, this crosses Minn Kota off my list. Pure insanity that a company would make a product requiring a customer to go thru this
I’m curious to know how come you can’t just re-arrange the knot so that it’s inside the reel.
A simple extra hole, then out and in so that the knot is inside.
I don’t think I understand your question. Which knot are you referencing?
@@nated2951 The knot for the yellow rope . It’s outside of the reel. But could be changed to inside the reel.
Very informative video. My 2year old deckhand40 will not pull up the anchor. Switch clicks but nothing happens. Any suggestions?
Check relays for power
Hi Nate, thanks for the great video. I am curious to know more about the mushroom anchor in the other installation. Where did you get it, and is it 20lb? Mine is 20lbs but the shaft diameter is so big that when I have it pulled out from the water and into the davit, the vinyl covering the shaft gets it stuck inside the david hole.
Les Vovans , I think I ended up using a 30 pound anchor. I haven’t had the same issues with the vinyl. My boat is still in storage right now as the ice is still on the lake. Today I made arrangements to get the boat out of storage. Hopefully I will be on the water within about two weeks. I can check the anchor then and let you know what I have. Good luck!
@@nated2951 Thanks so much for taking the time to answer me. I myself took my boat out of storage today!!! :) Drove it to my mechanic, and I should soon have it home. Then it's all a question of waiting for water level to lower.....
My pin is frozen for rope. Any thoughts?
Would it be possible to drill new holes instead of totally disassembling the unit to use the factory holes in the base?
Perhaps that would be possible, but I don’t know how it would work. You would still need something inside the base for the bolts to screw into. I suppose you could try drilling some holes and try to thread them, but you would have to make sure you didn’t drill into something vital. In the end, I think it would be more work than just taking it apart. Let me know if you come up with a different solution.
@@nated2951 thanks, I appreciate your demonstration of how to disassemble it. Mine will arrive soon!
You don't need to take the whole thing apart. Just make a cardboard template off the bottom side.
My winch will roll up but not going down any suggestions
I know this is an old video, just installed mine, don’t think my wire connections are correct, can you please send me a picture with all the connections?
Jack, I’ll see if I still have the photos on my phone.
This was so helpful, thank you for making this video!!! I agree that the instructions are garbage and difficult to follow. This was really detailed and entertaining.
Is there any possible way to drill that one hole without removing the motor? Or is it too impossible to reach?
lambs I’m glad the video was helpful to you. I generally make my videos when I can’t find one that gives me the answers I need.
To answer your question - In theory you could try to use shorter bolts and run the bolt up from under the boat deck, with the nut under the motor, but you might need to use shorter bolts, and getting to the nut under the motor would also be a hassle.
I would highly recommend you just take the motor out and install it the right way. This will give you peace of mind and confidence if you run into issues later on because you will know how to take it out and address the issue.
If an idiot like me can do this, anybody can. All you need is a little curiosity, courage and confidence. Good luck!
@@nated2951 Okay, thanks for the info! You don't give yourself enough credit, this was the best installation guide i found :-) and actually made me chuckle too lol. "NUTS!"
Cant you run bolts from underneath and put the nuts on from the top?
Cain, that would probably work. I just didn’t like the idea of the threaded end of the bolts and nuts taking up more room inside the enclosure. I figured I have more room outside the enclosure, so that’s why I did it this way. Your approach would likely work as well. 👍
Is the deckhand free spooling on down
Larry Lazure, the answer is “Sort of”. The down button when pressed all the way in will drop the anchor until it no longer senses a certain amount of weight on the line. Then it stops the spool again until it feels that weight again. This stops the spool from just over spinning like a bait caster. It’s not exactly a “free fall”, but you only have to hit the button , and not hold it, to get the anchor to the bottom. I probably did a poor job of explaining it. Let me know I f you need clarification.
Was there any fuse (s) that was inline with positive lead?
Not that I have seen..
Why doesn't minn Kota just supply a template nuts
Nice !!
I am trying to find a wiring diagram for a Deckhand40 - Can anyone send a picture or comment?
Hi, nice video, but l still dont know why my anchor doesnt go down. Please, help me. Thanks in advance
Marcin, when you say it won’t go down, can you be any more specific? Does anything happen when you hit the switch? Does it try to go up, or do you hear the motor kick in at all?
@@nated2951 Hi Nate, thanks for your quick response. When I push the buttom "down" nothing happens, no sound at all...I was trying to pull out the yellow rope by hand but still no success. Could it be the "green part" inside the motor responsible for this? Thanks for your help.
Marcin Bielsky I would double check your wires. Maybe disconnect and reconnect them. As far as pulling the rope out, I am not surprised it won’t move. That little white cube box - next to the spring - has a pressure sensitive switch. My understanding is it won’t release line unless the switch is in the down position and the little hidden button is engaged on the switch - meaning you have to have at lease 20 pounds of pressure pulling on it. I had my motor pull my line in too tight one time, and I had to manually release the line by putting the switch into the down position and pushing the spool forward on the right hand side. There is also another UA-cam video where a guy is doing a repair. Just search for “Minn Kota deckhand dh 40 repair troubleshooting”. It is entirely possible a component on your logic board has gone bad. I hope this helps a little. Let me know if you have any more questions. I will do whatever I can for you.
I can’t believe that you have to do all that to mount the winch. You done an awesome job but Minn Kota dropped the ball on the design for mounting.
You don’t . Guy didn’t have a clue.
You did it the hard way..its a circlip spring thingy
I have little doubt I did it the hard way. Damn circlip spring thingies!
There is absolutely no good reason to disassemble the motor or anything else to install the MK 40. There are other videos on UA-cam that have much better instructions and tips.
Tor, that’s good to know. Could you please provide a couple of links to the videos? I made this video because I couldn’t find any that were good at explaining the installation process. If this video is outdated, it may be time for me to take it down. Thanks!
@@nated2951 ua-cam.com/video/7_Wr59ZRJZ0/v-deo.html
Why did you install it over water? That Jesus clip can fly right off and it’s gone, I call them Jesus clips because when they fly off only Jesus knows where it went!!
Just make a cardboard template and don't take everything apart, geezzz. don't make things harder that they need to be just so you can make a video.
Mister b, it has been a couple of years, but I don’t think the mounting bolts were inside the casing when it arrived. You have to open it up to install the bolts. The bolts won’t fit with the motor in the way. If you try to install the bolts from underneath, they will push into the motor and won’t be able to be tightened.
I honestly like the cardboard idea, but in this case, I can’t see how it would have worked.
Poorly designed for ease of installation. Either MinKoda dropped the ball or there is a much easier way than you've seen.
olhippie1 I would say that the real problem here is a lack of documentation. I have taken this apart a couple of times since, and now that I know how to do it, it’s really not difficult. The problem is, there was no documentation from Minnkota to even help get a person pointed in the right direction.
I will say that I installed this last year, and I have absolutely loved it. It was certainly worth the initial hassle.
Thank you for your comments.
- Nate
To muchinvolved for me
Kyle, don’t be intimidated. I’m an idiot, and if I can do it, I’m sure you can do it easily. If you have a need for something like this, give it a shot! 👍
way too noisy!
Dom, I have never really found it to be noisy in practice outside. While using it, you can tell a bit about what’s happening just by the sounds. For example - you can tell when the anchor is all the way down. You can tell when it’s giving more line. You can tell when the line is coming up with no problem, you can tell when the line is almost all the way up (when you hear the chain), and you can tell when it’s all the way up. Overall, I would say the noise is significantly less than having a conversation with somebody else on the boat. I hope this helps!
@@nated2951 very well then!