Autopilot Installation
Sept 9, 2006 1:31:18 GMT
Post by captainpete27 on Sept 9, 2006 1:31:18 GMT
Help with installing a Raymarine S1G linear autopilot on a Sun Odyssey 36.2 1998.
Since the unit does not come with a tiller arm, I have not had any luck finding the appropriate tiller arm to fit the rudder post. The post is 50 mm with a bolt through arrangement. The area of post available is about 2 1/2 inches long.
However, most tiller arms are straight (no bends). After installing the tiller arm to the rudder post, my attaching the autopilot to it would have to go through a fiber glass support that is on both sides of the rudder post. Cutting through this fiber glass may be the only way to attach the autopilot to the tiller arm.
Questions:
1. Anyone have experience installing an autopilot?
2. Anyone know what tiller arm for this 36.2 is recommended
3. Does Jeanneau make one available for sale?
4. Does the autopilot get connected to a new tiller arm that replaces the existing tiller arm (two arms connected to the same section of rudder post??)