Dave,
Using your argument, then reverse with a folding prop should not be a
problem.
Gary
S/V Kaylarah
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On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Dave Syer via CnC-List <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Have seen question pop up a few times. Does anyone know the "why"
> involved in Yanmar's recommendation of neutral?
> My thoughts, having had to disassemble and deglaze the cones on my Kanzaki
> 'box:
> - If in neutral and the shaft is rotating you wear bearings, stuffing box,
> shaft, but you do not transmit any load to the gearbox, clutch, crank.
> mounts etc.
> -If the shaft is not rotating you transmit some load via the drivetrain,
> esp with a fixed prop..
> - IF the gear is engaged AND the shaft is rotating, (whether forward or
> reverse) you risk polishing/glazing the mating clutch surfaces, which are
> touching but are not forced together by the thrust load (the opposite in
> fact, in fwd). This is indeed debilitating wear, and is well worth
> avoiding.
> I'm not an expert but the latter case is the only thing that makes sense
> to me.
> Thoughts?
>
> Dave
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 07:04:32 -0700
> From: Paul Baker <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Transmission in forward or reverse while
> sailing?
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>
> It depends on your transmission and engine. Yanmar had a bulletin a while
> back for their engines with Kanzaki transmissions stating that they should
> always be in neutral when sailing. Damage or wear to the transmission would
> occur otherwise.
> Cheers,
> Paul.
>
> > Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 06:36:50 -0400
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Stus-List Transmission in forward or reverse while sailing?
> > From: [email protected]
> > CC: [email protected]
> >
> > Which gear is recommended (forward or reverse) while sailing? When the
> transmission is in forward I can feel the shaft turning while sailing. When
> it is in reverse I don't feel it. Which is preferred?
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
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