I had mine apart late last year and was successful in replacing the clutch lever and clutch eccentric, getting it back together, and operational. Symptoms were "catching" sound in the until and no positive "feel" for whether it was engaged or disengaged. The wheel didn't hang up but a couple dozen little black balls fell out and rolled across the deck, prompting some thoroughly inappropriate comments from the crew. "You paid what for that??!!"
The problem with mine centered around the clutch lever slipping on it's shaft, thus it was impossible to reliably engage/disengage. New clutch lever and eccentric cost about $50. Parts are stupid expensive , clearly driven by what the market will bear and not related to manufacturing cost or value IMO. The clutch adjustment is explained in the manual. Seems mine is tight too even on the minimum setting. Perhaps the belts *shrink* over time? In hindsight I probably should have changed the belt too. It seems to drag on the drum even when disengaged. The thing seems lightly built for the intended purpose and I don't relish the thought of having to depend on it for any extended period of time nonetheless, it came with her. Biggest trouble I had was finding the contact info to order Raymarine parts which is orderd...@raymarine.com; 603.324.7600. The repair manual is pretty good, and is at the link below. Let me know if you need more info. -- Tim Rutherford tim.rutherford.m...@gmail.com 813 748 4888 cel/text 4000-service_manual.pdf <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5A2zIupq2XBbkFRNXlYbE1fUVE/view?usp=drive_web> On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 7:55 PM ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Has anyone on the list taken the Wheel Pilot Actuator apart? On the way to > the starting line last week, the steering was catching on something inside > the Wheel Pilot Actuator, I opted to not race for fear that the steering > would lock up during the race. Previous to this happening, the clutch > lever would pop out occasionally. Is there a clutch adjustment, that might > solve both problems? According to the Raymarine Forum, this unit is no > longer serviced by Raymarine. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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