Bill Root
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- OWNER - I own a Hatteras Yacht
- Hatteras Model
- 54' MOTOR YACHT (1985 - 1988)
A few weeks ago the rudder angle indicators stopped working properly. The indicator line moves only to starboard, regardless of whether the wheel is hard left or hard right.
I have the Raritan style indicator with the long narrow clear plastic gauge that has a line indicator that moves left or right off center to show rudder direction. I think Raritan now refers to it as a Mark 5. The gauges are mounted both on the main pilot house and fly bridge instrument panels, and they both read exactly the same. I have a rudder angle indicator on the AP in the pilot house, but not on the fly bridge. The PO who installed the new electronics used a remote AP for the fly bridge rather than a complete repeater panel, so without the old one I have no indicator on the fly bridge. Obviously not the best situation when maneuvering in tight spaces from the fly bridge.
Can anyone suggest the best way to go about trouble shooting this problem? I have located the sending unit, removed the bar that attaches the rudder arm to the arm on the indicator and moved the indicator arm back and forth. It still moves the dials only from dead center to starboard, not to port. Before I cough up $300 for a new sending unit I would like to take a whack at fixing it myself.
Thanks.
I have the Raritan style indicator with the long narrow clear plastic gauge that has a line indicator that moves left or right off center to show rudder direction. I think Raritan now refers to it as a Mark 5. The gauges are mounted both on the main pilot house and fly bridge instrument panels, and they both read exactly the same. I have a rudder angle indicator on the AP in the pilot house, but not on the fly bridge. The PO who installed the new electronics used a remote AP for the fly bridge rather than a complete repeater panel, so without the old one I have no indicator on the fly bridge. Obviously not the best situation when maneuvering in tight spaces from the fly bridge.
Can anyone suggest the best way to go about trouble shooting this problem? I have located the sending unit, removed the bar that attaches the rudder arm to the arm on the indicator and moved the indicator arm back and forth. It still moves the dials only from dead center to starboard, not to port. Before I cough up $300 for a new sending unit I would like to take a whack at fixing it myself.
Thanks.
