Old post yes, but I thought I would say I had the issue with the pinholes on the top of the buttons. The unit would not turn to the left, everything else worked fine.

The hardest part of disassembly is sliding the top white plastic all the way to the right, and then somewhat pulling it up away from the back base, and then getting it to slide back left, up and away from the rest of the unit.
When you slide the top white piece to the right, you’re sliding it across the notch, so it will be tough, and then tough again sliding it back left to pull it out.
I found if you move it laterally up and down against the back while pulling outward, it will wiggle out.

Then you can peel back with an exacto knife, the outter clear layer away from the circuit board.
Do it slowly and carefully as to not pull up the copper in the circuit board. Once far enough, you can use vinegar and q-tips to clean it well.
Then just use tiny lines of super glue to adhere the clear layer back over the circuit board.

The big thing to remember is move slow! The metal “tabs” that ARE the buttons are not adhered to the circuit board. They’re very small and fragile so don’t bend them.

There were also holes developing on other buttons, but I just used some liquid electric tape, and gave each button a nice extra layer. I didn’t do the variable speed strip though, as that might require something like clear fingernail polish because the friction would just rip up the electric tape most likely…

Once getting it all glued and slowly assembled, it turned left! lol

I’ll post some pics after getting them off my phone, but ya, thought I would share. I got the trolling motor off a guy on c-list the other day and got out on the water to discover this.. :/ (he offered a refund but I figured I would tear into it and if it didn’t go well I would just get the remote control)