Step 2 - Check Wheel Shaft Size - Raymarine SmartPilot X-5 Sport Installation & Setup Manual

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Woodruff key
Retaining
nut
Washer
Steering
wheel hub
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Step 2 - Check wheel shaft size

As the way in which components are fitted depends on the diameter of the steering
shaft, it is very important to ascertain the steering shaft diameter before you proceed
with the fitting procedure.
As a rough guide, if you can slide the taper adaptor supplied with your SPX-5 Sport
Drive onto the taper of the steering shaft, then the steering shaft is inch diameter. If
3 /4
the taper adaptor is too small to fit onto the steering shaft, then the steering shaft is
1 inch diameter.
The following simplified diagrams show the general arrangement of the major
components for each size of steering shaft.