ATX owners, please check your coil cable at the connector

[cdv1]

I was preparing to go out in the water for only the second time since buying the ATX....to be honest, I haven't been using it at all for 4-5 months since my last run with it....but prior to going out the other day, I thought I'd give it a good look over to ensure everything was tight.... never did get to check the coil connector when I saw the damage to the coiled cable casing. No way this is going in the water now until I get it back to Garrett....
I emailed Garrett, got an RMA number and it is on its way to Garrett. Great response time from the Garrett staff!
It appears that the rough edges of the fiberglass tubes rub against the coiled coil cable when the shaft is extended or retracted. I've attached a few photos so you can see what happened to mine.
Cliff

 

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[RobRieman]

Damn that's nasty. If it happened in that short of time I bet everyone's is doing it.

 

[Kodiak43351]

Wow I hope they come up with a fix for that. That would of def ruined your day in the water. Garrett is an awesome company and will take care of you as you prob already know. Let us know what they do or how they plan to address this as this is prob going to be a problem.

 

[hoosierguy]

I may have missed your update in another thread...what was the outcome on this issue? Has Garrett made any manufacturing mods to prevent it?

 

[cdv1]

Garrett replaced the coil/shaft assembly. Nothing new in the way of a change that I could see however the ends of the shaft tubing seemed to be a cleaner cut then was on the original coil/shaft assembly.
Cliff

 

[Somethingfornothing]

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