Raymarine Tiller Pilot

[Rowana]

Yesterday I was up at the boat and decided to check out my Raymarine ST1000+ tiller pilot. It worked ok, but it was making some loud noises at times. Sounded it like it needed a drop of oil somewhere.

Reading the manual simply says "There are no user serviceable parts" which is sod all use really.

1. Does anyone have any experience of these?

2. If it is possible to open it up, and what do I lubricate it with?

Any suggestions greatfully recieved - Might even stand you a Pint if ever you're in Peterhead.

 

[steve6367]

From experience - if it is making a noise stop using it and send it back to Raymarine in Portmouth. If the drive is making to noise and it locks up it can burn out the drive PCB too - adding to the repair cost.

Steve

 

[cliff]

Both ends unscrew and the complete drive unit is extracted from the end opposite the ram.

Internal mechanical parts can be lubricated with silicon grease once cleaned and "free moving".

"Serviced" my old 1000 unit last year and it is now quiet as a mouse.......

OOPS just read your post again "ST" not "AH" - never mind - a friend of mine did his ST 1000 a couple of years ago - hod to as the seal round the buttons was leaking - easy job - just undoo the screws around the casing and it pops open then use silicon grease as before.
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[beneteau_305_553]

I also had a dry sounding noise from my st1000.

I opened it up and found one of the scews holding the end bearing of the ram loose and the other had fallen out!

I resealed the touch pad with Sika 221 to bond the rubber pad to the underside of the top half to keep the water out. There is no mechanical means of holding the rubber membrane in place. It relies on adhesive only.

I refitted the screws in the end bearing and spayed gears electrics etc with WD40. I powered it up with the top cover off to get the oil into all the bearings.

Put it back together and it seems fine now.

Its easy to take apart. A bit tricky to keep the seal in place when reassembling but its not impossible.

I took my Simrad TP10 apart also just to see if anything similarly loose inside. Totally different picture. All the electronics are encapsulated in resin and the motor much bigger, gears much stronger , one big drive belt instead of 3 rubber bands. Seems a much more robust, stronger, more proffessional machine. (but it got the WD40 treatment as well!)