I did some thinking today and came the the following plan: Based on my calculations of the torque of my rudder (see attached plan), I should be...
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Good point, I guess the rams and pumps are designed to work in diffrent combination so I hope there won't be such issue ... I am thinking that if...
No, the autopilot is connected to the wheel with a belt. A possible option indeed would be the replace that belt system on the wheel by a...
Yes, that would be nice .. but I tried all the settings and nothing seems to do the job ... and the manual states that the wheel autopilot works...
Yes, there is a set key so that is not the issue ... Tnx
We finished testing pump and cylinder today with another pump & cylinder on a friend's boat and we discovered that my cylinder (1980!) is doing...
I was thinking exactly the same thing myself a few days ago ... I guess I wanted to be sure that the system will work in heavy wx and not have the...
I just called Vetus in Holland and spoke with a technician who indicated that when the helm is HO .. if more than 60 Bar of force is applied, then...
Ok, the pump looks more and more like the issue ... I wonder if they built it that way as we were able to force the helm over, past the HO point,...
No, I have no pressure gauge on the system and I am not sure where any opressure valves would be located, at the pump or in the cylinder??
Thanks for that. I just looked again on the schematics of both cylinder and pump and nowhere do they show springs (other that each spring under...
Thanks for your your input. We did not see any check valves in the steering cylinder but I think there are 2 small SS balls in the bottom part of...
Yes, it does.
We have a old Vetus steering system and we have the following problem: when the rudder is hard over (HO) we can still force the helm to keep...
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