So, wheel has been disconnected from pendant and pedestal from deck, but am unable to disassemble further. The compass is mounted on a “Kelvin-White; National Instruments ; Los Angeles, Boston, New York” binnacle secured by four short screws. Between binnacle and pedestal is a bracket, presumably Edson, the guard passes through.
Initially thought the guard could be removed by sliding through the bracket, but the lower portion of the guard tubes seem a larger diameter and don’t pass through. Removing the binnacle should permit removal of the bracket (among other benefits) but after the four screws have been removed, the binnacle still won’t budge. Am reluctant to apply brute force close by that pretty compass.
Any advice? Here’s a picture:
Second question: Am also unable to remove the cockpit well mounted shifter/throttle:
There’s a set screw at the bottom of the throttle handle. The plate the handle sits on covers screws threaded into the well, whose pointy ends are visible inside the cockpit locker. Would think the disassembly drill is: remove set screw, pull handle, slide/shift plate to remove, remove screws securing mechanism to well.
I get as far as “remove set screw”—the handle doesn’t budge.
Again, advice welcomed. (The very heavy, very pretty pedestal includes separate throttle and shifter controls, presumably abandoned in a past repower. Would like to convert from the current too ski boat like shin-knocker to original arrangements, but would prefer not to be forced into this plan by destroying the shifter/throttle.)
Lastly: The wheel nut was removed easily, but simple pulling doesn’t remove the wheel:
Use a gear puller?
Frustration with lack of progress on these small points kept me away from the boat today. It didn’t help that I managed to lose two (!) of the binnacle screws and one other when exploring the throttle/shifter backside, the latter set aside particularly so it wouldn’t be misplaced. With what’s been lost in the deep bilge along the way, a new boot stripe seems inevitable…
Thanks,
BS