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Installation Manual V-docker
Preliminary
8
Push-pull cables
Connection to the throttle lever and the gearbox lever is to be done
by means of Vetus push-pull cables type LF.
The cables should be kept as short as possible while the bending ra-
dius must never be less than the minimum radius of 165 mm (6
1
/
2
”)
Installation of both gear and throttle push-pull cables has to be di-
vided into two steps.
The first step, installation on the actuator side, can be done prior to
electrical connections are made and the initial set-up procedure is
carried out.
Second step, installation on the engine side, must be done after the
electrical connections are made and the initial set-up procedure is
carried out.
8.1 Installation of push-pull cables on the actuator
side
• Remove the cover of the actuator unit prior to installation.
• Turn the actuator unit upside down.
Carry out the following procedure to connect, both for gear and
throttle, one end of the push-pull cables to the actuator unit.
• Install both the ram end parts (1 and 2), see drawing.
• Screw-on the catch plate (3) to each cable end (4) and install the
lock nut (5) to secure it.
• Place push-pull cables to underside of base plate.
• Slide the catch plate into position at the ram end and secure it
with the screw (6).
• Secure the outer cables with the clamps (7).
• Now turn over the actuator unit and install it at the selected loca-
tion, a bulkhead or bracket. Use 4 screws M5 or 4.8 mm (#10).
5
4
3
5
6
1
2
7
8.2 Fitting the pull-push cables to the engine
c
auTion
Do not fit the pull-push cables to the engine before the electrical
connections have been made and the setting procedure has been
carried out.
Check if both the strokes of cable ends, once connected to the levers,
are 65 to 70 mm (2
1
/
2
” to 2
3
/
4
”).
E.g. for the throttle, from idle to full throttle and for the gearbox, from
forward to reverse.
Extend the lever(s) in case the lever is too short to meet the required
stroke.
If the lever is too short there is a risk that the power required to op-
erate throttle or gearbox is more than the maximum that the servo
motor can supply.
65 - 70 mm
(2
1
/
2
” - 2
3
/
4
”)
n
oTe
Select the stroke of the lever not too big.
Don’t let the actuator travel up to the limit positions.