To open the wheel unit, put a large flat screwdriver or pry between the two circular segments and pry them apart. This will expose the drive belt, idler pulleys and the tensioning clutch lever. The problem you are having is mechanical.
Rich Knowles Indigo. LF38 Halifax On Sep 29, 2013, at 18:52, David Knecht <davidakne...@gmail.com> wrote: I had a problem with my autopilot today I could use some feedback on. For the last few weeks, the lever that engages/disengages the autopilot would periodically release so that the autopilot ceased being able to turn the wheel. Once engaged, it seemed to work fine, but the initial engagement seemed to not always stay locked in. Today, as luck would have it, I was maneuvering in the 10 minutes before that start gun, engaged the pilot to make and adjustment forward, and could not get it to disengage. The wheel was effectively locked so I could steer with the autopilot, but not by hand. After futzing with it for a few minutes, (trying to not hit someone trying to start) I gave up, lowered the sails, threw out the anchor and proceeded to remove the unit from the wheel. We only started a few minutes late, but it was annoying to say the least. I have brought the unit home and I can see no way to get inside it to see if I can figure out what is going on with the connect/disconnect lever. No disassembly instructions in the manual. Is this a "send it back to the factory", "throw it in the trash" or other solution? Thanks- Dave David Knecht Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT <pastedGraphic.tiff> _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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