[C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive

[Sweetwater Yacht Charters]

Well, shoot.
I also bought one of the wheel drives and was planning on doing much of the
work myself. (Isn't that what the Raymarine description says? "Easy to do
yourself"? You mean... they lied?) Looks like I'll have to call in the
service crew for help on this one. Jeff, I would love to have those tips on
setting up the rudder transducer.

 -Joan
 C320 #90 Persistence

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Church" <jjemail at comcast.net>
To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive


> Larry,
>
> I just started to size this up yesterday after completing the installation
> of the rudder reference transducer. Up until this point I thought the
> transducer was going to be the big problem and the rest if the
installation
> would be simple. I'll have better info in the next couple of days if it
> doesn't snow, or maybe next week after we get back from a trip to the
> Chesapeake.
>
> It looks like the drive ring rubs on the engine instrument pod, the motor
> hits the pod and/or the engine kill switch, and the clutch lever hits the
> pod. Mounting the wheeldrive in the alternate position (with the motor
high
> and to port) is not visually attractive, the ring still rubs on the pod,
and
> the motor is very close to the shift lever. It looks as though it would be
> difficult to get past the motor to quickly grab the lever. In addition,
that
> position would require pulling all the wires out of the port binnacle
post,
> drilling a new hole in the post, and stuffing an additional wire through
it.
>
> The stationary horizontal post that attaches to the binnacle has to be
> mounted 6.1" below the center of the wheel. It appears to use the same 4
> screw holes as the old one, but the new post is offset 3/4" below it's
> mounting flange. It appears that the post might hit the pod and make it
> impossible to line up the screw holes to attach it to the binnacle.
>
> If you are going to install a rudder transducer I can email some pics of
the
> mounting brackets that I made and pass along a couple of tips that should
> make that job a little easier.
>
> JeffC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "WindSwept" <c320_windswept at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "C320-List" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive
>
>
> > Bummer.
> >
> > I have the parts in hand to make the same replacement.  Like you I was
> > looking for a relatively easy time of it.  Never seems to work out that
> > way.
> >
> > Where does the interference occur.  The motor or the ring?
> >
> > Larry
> > WindSwept C320#246
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff Church" <jjemail at comcast.net>
> > To: "C320" <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:31 PM
> > Subject: [C320-list] Autohelm Mk2 Wheeldrive
> >
> >
> >> I'm trying to replace my older autohelm with a new unit. I thought this
> >> would be a relatively simple project, but it looks like it is going to
be
> >> a real pain. The newer (gray) wheeldrive has a larger diameter than the
> >> old one and it hits the engine instrument pod when it is centered on
the
> >> wheel (1998 hull #545). If anyone has installed a new wheeldrive on a
320
> >> with the older instrument pod, I'd like to know how it is done. It
looks
> >> like there is no choice but to remove the pod a relocate it several
> >> inches
> >> lower on the binnacle post.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> JeffC
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