[C320-list] Auto Pilot Slipping

Stephen Cox scox at timmin.com
Mon Aug 9 21:33:25 PDT 2010


> When my Raymarine auto pilot is engaged the motor turns but I 
> hear a ratching sound and the wheel doesn't move.  I 
> disassembled the unit and tried to adjust the tension with 
> the knob to no avail.  Does anybody have any experience with this?

If adjusting the belt doesn't change anything, it sounds like you have
stripped some teeth in the gearbox attached to the motor.  The Raymarine
gearbox part number for the latest Wheelpilot setup is A18088. Don't ask me
how I know.

Stephen Cox
Tegwen #1141




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