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SEQUENCE: bolt head/stainless washer/plastic washer/clamp/60 mm plastic
disc/Sikaflex/transom/stainless washer/nut/nut
REMOVE THE WOODEN BLOCK AND FIT THE AUXILIARY RUDDER
MODULE
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Pass the bolts through the crown 500 and tighten until it is almost impossible to
move auxiliary rudder shaft 600 fore and aft.
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CAUTION: check that coupling lever 520 and ring 540 can move freely without
hitting the transom.
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If extension 920 has been fitted, the whole system can be adjusted up or down
around the transverse bolts.
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CAUTION: check the installation height.
1.5.2.3 MOUNTING THE PENDULUM RUDDER MODULE
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Release two bolts 504.
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Insert the pendulum rudder module into crown 500.
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Fasten the two bolts 504 in crown 500.
1.5.2.4 ALIGNMENT
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Check the alignment of the system.
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The PACIFIC PLUS may be adjusted fore and aft while it is only connected at the
UPPER mounting bracket.
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Windvane shaft 140 must be vertical!
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If the windvane shaft is vertical, the pendulum rudder shaft 420 will automatically
be at the correct 10 degree angle and the auxiliary rudder shaft 600 will
automatically be at the correct 5 degree angle. It is tough to distinguish a 5 or 10
degree angle by eye, but most people can recognise vertical without help. Make
sure the windvane shaft is vertical and the rest will look after itself!
FIX THE AUXILIARY RUDDER MODULE IN POSITION
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Once you are happy with the alignment, snug the transverse bolts in the crown
500 down tight.
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Tie the windvane shaft to the pushpit in the correctly aligned position using the
safety line.
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Check the alignment regularly until the lower bracket is fully installed.
1.5.2.5 FITTING THE CROSS BRACE
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The cross brace 940/945/955 is required only if the lower tubular aluminium struts
950 are longer than 50 cm/20 in.
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All units with lower struts 950 longer than 50 cm/20 in are delivered complete
with a cross brace.
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Fit the cross brace before fixing the lower mounting components to the transom.
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Bolt the cross brace firmly to the struts 950.
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Tighten bolts …, … and … so that the whole lower assembly remains in this
position.
1.5.2.6 MAKING THE SECOND CONNECTION
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CAUTION: before fixing the second bracket to the transom stand behind the boat
and check that the system is parallel with the mast.