Installation Of The Thrust Tunnel; Tunnel In Two (2) Parts - Vetus RimDrive RD125 Instructions D'installation

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Installation of the thrust tunnel

Consult the 'Owners manual' , chapter 6 Technical data, for dimen-
sions and material specifications. of the tunnel.
Drill 2 holes into the ship's hull, where the centre line of the thrust
tunnel will be, in accordance with the diameter of the marking tool.
Pass the marking tool (home-made) through both pre-drilled holes
and set out the outside diameter of the thrust-tunnel to the hull.
Thruster
'RD . . . . .'
RD125 RD160
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Dependent on the vessel's construction material, cut out the holes by
means of a jigsaw or an oxy-acetylene cutter.
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Tunnel in two (2) parts

In order to simplify the installation of the tun-
nel tube with the right intermediate distance
is a set of spacers available.
The set consists of three strip spacers (1) and
6 shims (2); Art. code: RDSET
Assemble the two parts of the tunnel, use
the supplied strip spacers (1) and the clamp-
ing straps (2) as shown in the drawing.
Use shims (3) during assembly to prevent de-
formation of the clamping straps (2).
Make sure that the tunnel parts in the lon-
gitudinal direction abut against the stops of
the strips. Then the tunnel parts will be cor-
rectly aligned and at the correct distance
from each other.
Use only the clamping straps to secure the
strips!
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ote
Do not use the rubber sleeves and the plas-
tic slabs!
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Steel GRP Aluminium
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33 / ") (10 15 / ") (10
64 64
264
25 / ")
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