timjet
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Anybody have transmission temp gauges?
Am interested in installing but would like others comments.
Thanks
Am interested in installing but would like others comments.
Thanks
I would think that by the time a rise in temperature of a freewheeling transmisison started to register, damage from the lack of lubrication would have already occured.* Every transmission is different, but I suspect that this is why the operator's manual for the BW Velvet Drive says that the transmisison can only be freewheeled at low speeds, which they define in the manual as trolling or sailing speeds.timjet wrote:
Thanks Marin. I want to monitor temps at the helm because I cruise single engine. A rise in temp on the free wheeling tranny is time to restart.*
Hi Timtimjet wrote:
Thanks Marin. I want to monitor temps at the helm because I cruise single engine. A rise in temp on the free wheeling tranny is time to restart.*
Because our shaft logs depend on a cooling/lubing water flow from the engine's raw water system we cannot let a shaft freewheel even though the Velvet Drive transmissions can be freewheeled at very low speeds.Art wrote:
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Vice grips and a*rubber strip beat that cost by a mite!
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*Art wrote:.......Shaft Lok.* Stout looking unit... but... from what I currently glean Im not sure I agree with the way it functions or with the way it needs to be set to lock the shaft.* Cost: $800 +/- per engine.*
*Thanks for the*heads up, LarryLarry M wrote:
Art:* We had a Shaft LoK and ended up with the vice grips.* Your are right, it is a stout unit but the way you need to set the Lok is where we had problems.* The "Lok" can only be set or aligned in one position and the*propeller/shaft*has to be spinning*but at less than 3 knots or so or you damage*the mechanism while trying to lock it.* Stay with the vise grips.