Minn Kota hinge pin crawling

[gnappi]

My friend has a (lightly used) MK Riptide TM and the hinge pin had been drifting out the last time we went out. My Endura C2 has been used a lot more and mine has never drifted out. They were both new in 2017, so I'm wondering is this a known problem on some Minn Kota TM's? I'm suspecting that the molded hinge hole has elongated?

 

 

 

[Big Mike in Fl]

I have a riptide as well, if this one is set up like mine, then it has a sort of crush washer that hold it’s in place on both sides, if they washed is gone it will move around on you. I wound up pulling both of mine and replacing them with same diameter bolts of the same length with a Teflon lock but on the other end. Seems to work better for me. 

[gnappi]

We ordered (one for me and one for my buddy) two SS over length clevis pins and SS washers and hairpins, that will fix it. What a crummy design.

 

 

[boostr]

Have the same issue on my Maxxum Pro 80, problem with mine is when the holes are worn out on the lower arm I cant replace it because they don't make them anymore. I refreshed all the other pivot points though.