When mine slipped, I replaced the belt, and it cured the problem. If you want to tension the belt, you have to remove the rubber(?) plug, and there is a cam that you adjust. The lever on mine has been popping out since I bought the boat (nineteen years ago). I use one of those things that feels like a wire coat hanger covered with rubber to hold the lever in place.
Alan Bergen 35 Mk III Thirsty Rose City YC Portland, OR On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 7:11 AM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have 4 old drives or parts of drives. I have finally got to the point > none of them work perfectly :( > 1 of them will randomly release. You need to bungee cord the lever. The > other one slips. I can only motor at 3/4s throttle or it can't hold the > rudder :( > So......anyone know how to make the slipping one quit doing that or the > releasing one quit doing that? Google-fu is not much help, almost > everything refers to the newer generation of drives. There is some talk of > a half inch plug one can remove to adjust belt tension. There seems to be > one of these on my old units, but how to get it off without destroying it > is not obvious or even if there is anything behind there to adjust. > BTW - I have 2 decades-old belts and one new one. The new one is on the > slipping version. > Joe > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > _______________________________________________ > > 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.paypal.me_stumurray&d=DwICAg&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=9w3G7Cf8YfQnrjmtuNxwDJYr3JMv9f1pAfgAJ9xXYQQ&m=fjReMZZBdAVD99NC2uzpibztJIvwHEtENNQfaXzvIOg&s=eWX1gmv9GNAAotetsjZ93YXqr4PjueF49JnD6zngag0&e= > >
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