Got it all back together and it seems to be working fine! Sam
Philip R. McGovern wrote: > Sam: > > Our ST4000 started slipping in some fairly rough seas about midway on > the trip back from the Bahamas. When we got to Florida, I took it apart > and managed to tighten the belt tension a smidge by using a variation on > Rick's right angle needle nose pliers method. I wish I'd had a pair of > those onboard. It would have made the job a lot easier. BTW, isn't it > fun to take the wheel apart? I ended up taking mine apart three or four > times and, each time, I got a little faster and dropped fewer screws > ands plastic bits. > > I also felt a need to lubricate the rollers and just gave each of them a > little shot of WD40 because that's what I had handy. I"m sure silicone > grease would work better and last longer. No, you definitely don't want > whatever you use to get anywhere near that belt. In fact, the next time > I have mine apart, I may be tempted to put a little fanbelt dressing on > it just to reduce on the potential for slippage. Right now, it's > working and I'm very reluctant to fix it. > > Good luck, > > Phil > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Rick Morel <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > At 10:16 AM 6/26/2009, Sam wrote: > >Yes, it is a wheel pilot. I bought a new belt but did not buy the > whole > >kit from Raymarine. The docs from Raymarine indicate the kit has the > >belt and grease, I assumed for the rollers since we would not want > >grease near this belt. Rollers are all spinning freely but the unit > >seems a bit firm with the new belt on. > > Let me think back... I had an ST4000+. I'm trying to think. It may > have had grease on the rollers. If so it almost certainly was > silicone grease. I'll check. I'm sure I have saved info on that wheel > drive, but we're not at boat-home now. > > One thing. There is an adjustment for the belt. There's a black > plastic cap on the motor side of the drive. I think it's near the > motor. When you remove it, there's an allen adjusting screw with a > locknut. The locknut is flat and has two holes in it for a special > tool. I used a right angle long nose pliers. It's a trick to adjust > so that it doesn't disengage randomly on one end, and it doesn't drag > when disengaged on the other end. > > I wound up buying an old Simrad pilot, with the external belt. the > motor checked out the same for no-load and stalled current. I > connected directly to the motor, bypassing the drivers in the motor > assembly. That was the end of the problems with the wheel drive. I > now have an Raymarine S1 with the wheel drive II. They finally got > it right. > > Rick 'n' Cathy > S/V Valkyrie > > http://www.morelr.com/valkyrie > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html -- **************************** Sam Densler mailto:[email protected] http://www.islandfx.com/lady S/V Lady of the Lake PDQ 36, Hull #15 Melbourne, FL S/V Stories She Could Tell Endeavour 37, Hull #454 Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 Reborn and sailing again in 2007 **************************** "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, you do it for the stories you can tell." Jimmy Buffett "Stories We Could Tell" A1A _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
