New GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor installed - 2015

End of July 2015 - In a private slip in Nuevo Vallarta in Banderas Bay, Mexico

Garmin GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor. 

So as said before but it is worth saying again, we lost out Garmin autopilot just

outside Acapulco and had to hand steer 500 nm back to PV. Our rudder sensor broke which is part of the Garmin Class A Drive Unit for GHP 12.

Garmin sent this GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor to our cruising friends Alan and Elizabeth who where on s\v Vivacia  who were on a land trip in the states and they brought it down to Mexico for us. 

Garmin Class A Drive Unit .

The Rudder Feedback Sensor that broke is inside the Garmin Class A Drive Unit. It could be fixed if we could get the Drive A unit to the US but that is not happening so this is the alternative method.

This GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor plugs right into the brain where the Garmin Class A Drive Unit one did..

 

Alan from s\v Vivacia  and I brainstorming on how and where to install the GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor .

Holes we drilled for 3\4 marine plywood for a base to mount the GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor on. We bolted it through with stainless steel flat head screws. The ply wood came form one of the cut outs for the AC dicking.

Peter Carsten from Marine Vallarta seems to have plenty of experience with rudder sensors. 

Piter found a place to install the GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor right away.

Piter pearl diving for rudder sensor. Being tall Piter has good are reach for this project.

Because the quadrant is round Piter said we could install it on the back side of the rudder. 

It really made not difference. As we are really limited for space around the quadrant this was great. We also got Garmin 's approval (they said no problem) to install the GRF™ 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor up-side-down.

Back side of quadrant. There was two hole in the quadrant we were able to use. This is lucky as it would be near impossible to drill any in the quadrant.

This downward angel was corrected by using a few washers on the ball joint at the quadrant.

The extra extension cable we have that we did not need. 

Garmin sent this under warranty along with the Garmin GRF 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor Garmin GRF 10 - Rudder Feedback Sensor. We will call after sea trials to see if they want it back.