A well earned victory!
At 03:51 PM 4/29/2021, you wrote:
Well, almost five years later, I finally did
this clutch adjustment, following the procedure
in the Moyer manual. The actual adjustment was
pretty straightforward; no problems there except
the contortions required to access the gearbox
from the lazarets of a 30 MK I. I turned the
adjustment collar only one notch. However it
was a bit of a struggle to get everything
reassembled. I had to re-tap one of the bolt
holes to make its bolt thread. And I had to
disconnect the shift cable to get the starboard
two bolts aligned through its angle iron and
gearbox access plate, then re-connect the shift
cable ensuring correct adjustment. But, good
news, last night I pushed her throttle wide open
with five guys on board, and drove her at 6+
knots under power. I havenât been able to do
that since buying the boat - before, her clutch
would slip beyond half-throttle.
Cheers,
Randy Stafford
S/V Grenadine
C&C 30 MK I #79
Ken Caryl, CO
On Sep 3, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Ken Walters via
CnC-List <<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Randy,
Probably a pretty straight forward adjustment
in the gear box. Mine did this when I bought it
and a knowledgable A4 mechanic fixed it in
about an hour after unknowledgeable mechanics
dorked around for many hours on cables, props,
etc. and many hundreds of dollars. There is
definitely help to be had on the Moyer forums
for this exact issue. It is also covered in
detail on the Moyer A4 overhaul manual.
If you are handy you can fix it yourself in
about 30 minutes. You take off the gearbox
cover plate, remove a set screw that holds a
clutch ring/collar thing in place, rotate ring
one way or the other one notch, put screw back
in, do not drop screw down inside gearbox, test
it out. It may make getting the engine in or
out of gear a bit harder, there is a trade off.
There is also an after market collar with
notches closer together to avoid the too much too little issue.
There are times when you need to know that you
have maximum thrust - like when you are about
to ram another boat or dock. To my mind this is
a serious safety issue. A young, strong crewman
fended my stern off when this happened to me
while backing out of my slip in high wind. I
parked the boat immediately and called a yard with A4 experience.
If you cannot find the adjustment instructions
on the Moyer site, contact me off list and I will send you a PDF.
Ken
33-1 '75 A4
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On Sep 3, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Josh Muckley via
CnC-List <<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
You may find that the engine is moving
independent of the shift cable. With
older/softer engine mounts the thrust may be
moving the engine closer/further from the
cable. Most cables are attached to the engine
so this doesn't happen but if the cable of
mount is broken or failing it may be causing
the problem. Get a partner to create the
problem while you are watching the engine.
It could also be as simple as adjusting the cable.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
1989 C&C 37+
Solomons, MD
On Sep 3, 2016 10:23 AM, "Randy Stafford via
CnC-List" <<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
Listers-
My Atomic-4 slips out of gear in forward if I
open the throttle too much, especially under
heavy load. It's not really a problem, because
I don't need that much throttle. But I'm just
wondering if this a common and fixable issue, or a safety feature, or what.
Cheers,
Randy
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