Twin wheel helms

[Peoplevalue]

Hi All Sailors

I have just purchased a second-hand Dufour 425 with twin wheels at the helm (the first boat I have had with this arrangement) and there seems to be a fair bit of slack when turning one wheel and the other responding.

Is this normal or should I get it looked at?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Mike

 

[Bill Roosa]

what type of mechanism is it? cable, hydrolic or push rod? the cable and push rod types can have the slop tuned out of them pretty easy (provided you can get access to the parts), hydrolic, not so much.

 

[Jackdaw]

Hi All Sailors

I have just purchased a second-hand Dufour 425 with twin wheels at the helm (the first boat I have had with this arrangement) and there seems to be a fair bit of slack when turning one wheel and the other responding.

Is this normal or should I get it looked at?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Mike

VERY nice boat.

Get it looked at. They should almost mirror each other's movements.

 

[Jackdaw]

what type of mechanism is it? cable, hydrolic or push rod? the cable and push rod types can have the slop tuned out of them pretty easy (provided you can get access to the parts), hydrolic, not so much.

Its a Lewmar pushrod. The vertical loop from the wheel to the rod can either be chain or a Dux textile loop depending on the model.

 

[Peoplevalue]

what type of mechanism is it? cable, hydrolic or push rod? the cable and push rod types can have the slop tuned out of them pretty easy (provided you can get access to the parts), hydrolic, not so much.

Looking from underneath the wheels are joined by steel cable but the mechanism going up to the wheel is enclosed so only can assume its cable of chain. The cable connecting the two wheels is very taught so I assume the slack is in the covered part to the head of the wheel. Guess I need to remove one of these cover and have a look however there are a lot of screws and awkward to get to.

Thought is this was common I could ignore but clearly needs further investigation.

 

[Peoplevalue]

Video

VERY nice boat.

Get it looked at. They should almost mirror each other's movements.

Hi,

Just uploaded a video to yourtube which illustrates the delay in the helm between wheels. Taken on a recent trip around the south coast.

http://youtu.be/t-S0Hodoi1Q

Mike

 

[Joe]

Can you get any support or input from Dufour?

 

[Jackdaw]

Hi,

Just uploaded a video to yourtube which illustrates the delay in the helm between wheels. Taken on a recent trip around the south coast.

http://youtu.be/t-S0Hodoi1Q

Mike

Huh.

Should look more like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rDAb5twHus&t=4m4s

I hope the UK Dufour dealer network is better than the one in the USA, I hear nothing but grief here.

 

[Peoplevalue]

Huh.

Should look more like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rDAb5twHus&t=4m4s

I hope the UK Dufour dealer network is better than the one in the USA, I hear nothing but grief here.

OK, thanks everyone for your responses. Looks like I need to call in the experts! Dufour support in the UK is not bad.

Will report back when I know the outcome.

Thanks very much for all you kind responses.

Mike