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<blockquote data-quote="LarryMc" data-source="post: 431151" data-attributes="member: 13895"><p>MK Edge TM's are notorious for leaking seals. It happened to a 70lb Edge that I had about three years ago. It was two years old at the time. It would run OK at first when the foot switch was depressed, but would slow down quickly. At first I thought it was the batteries going bad, so I replaced them. Didn't help. This went on for a little while and finally the TM went completely dead, wouldn't run at all and it made a grinding sound when the prop was turned by hand. I took the end cap off and checked it out. Didn't take long to see that water had gotten into the motor and ruined the brushes and brush holders. The inside of motor housing and the armature were also covered with rust and crud. I cleaned it up, replaced all the bad parts and re-assembled it with new seals and it ran fine. </p><p></p><p> It wasn't hard to do the repairs and the parts didn't cost all that much, but I didn't trust the Edge after that and bought a new 80lb Terrova to replace it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LarryMc, post: 431151, member: 13895"] MK Edge TM's are notorious for leaking seals. It happened to a 70lb Edge that I had about three years ago. It was two years old at the time. It would run OK at first when the foot switch was depressed, but would slow down quickly. At first I thought it was the batteries going bad, so I replaced them. Didn't help. This went on for a little while and finally the TM went completely dead, wouldn't run at all and it made a grinding sound when the prop was turned by hand. I took the end cap off and checked it out. Didn't take long to see that water had gotten into the motor and ruined the brushes and brush holders. The inside of motor housing and the armature were also covered with rust and crud. I cleaned it up, replaced all the bad parts and re-assembled it with new seals and it ran fine. It wasn't hard to do the repairs and the parts didn't cost all that much, but I didn't trust the Edge after that and bought a new 80lb Terrova to replace it. [/QUOTE]
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