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- Page 1 Quality Marine Equipment Since 1981 EASY SAILDRIVE INSTRUCTION MANUAL 2, 3, & 4 BLADES For installation videos visit our website. WWW.MAX-PROP.COM...
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Page 2: Important Notes
INTRODUCTION Thank you for having chosen a Max-Prop automatic feathering propeller for your vessel. This instruction booklet is designed to answer all your questions on installation and use of the Max- Prop. Please read he instructions carefully and verify the correct working of the propeller before installing it on your boat. - Page 3 INSTRUCTIONS 1. Fit the propeller onto the propeller shaft, just like a fixed propeller. Be sure that the thrust washer is on the spline before fitting the Max-Prop onto the spline. Without the thrust washer the propeller will be loose fore and aft on the spline, and will damage the SailDrive or propeller.
- Page 4 * Repeat these steps with the forward fitting.
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Page 5: Pitch Adjustment
5. Confirm that in the feathered position the blades look like the Fig.2 below. Fig.2 6. Before launching the boat, it is absolutely necessary to operate as follows: • Hold the propeller shaft. • Check that the blades of the propeller rotate freely from the forward to the reverse position just by a light effort. - Page 6 INCHES OF PITCH Diameter and pitch must be calculated as if Max-Prop Easy was a normal fixed propeller. Max- Prop Easy then offers the great advantage of pitch adjustability in order to optimize the performance of the propeller. If the engine does not reach the desired RPM, reduce the blade angle;...
- Page 7 CHANGING THE ROTATION Zinc Bolt Zinc Anode Shaft Nut Shaft Locking Bolt Zinc Bearing Ring Ring Mark Fig.6 With the Max-Prop Easy it is also possible to change the rotation, e.g. if you change the engine, or if there was a mistake when ordering the prop. If you have doubts about the shaft rotation, it can be determined looking forward from the stern of the boat.
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Page 8: Maintenance
6. If you place the zinc bearing ring in its seat again, matching the “L” tooth with the hub reference mark, you have a left hand rotating propeller, on the contrary, with the “R” tooth you have a right rotating propeller as in Fig.6. 7. -
Page 9: Propeller Removal
WARNING It is important to follow the instruction below carefully so as to avoid a shock load to the gears on the blades and cone gear, that could be damaging to the teeth. • When going from forward to reverse and the opposite, it is necessary to idle down and shift at low RPM’s between gear, that could be damaging to the teeth. - Page 10 Notes:...
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- Page 12 For installation videos visit our website. WWW.MAX-PROP.COM U.S. HEADQUARTERS 12532 Beverly Park Road Lynnwood, WA 98087 (425) 355-3669 info@pyiinc.com www.pyiinc.com EUROPEAN HEADQUATERS Zl du Capitou, 85 rue Louis Lepine 83600 Frejus - France +33 4 94 5327 70 info@seaviewprogress.com www.seaviewprogress.com UK OFFICE Get social with us! +44 (0) 7393 556751...
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