[Rhodes22-list] Electric Lift Blues

[Chris Geankoplis]

There was an attachment, a word document.  I'll put it in Google Docs and
see if that works.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAQpNXeHQ4s6xV64NscJb34sL_juiuyz/view?usp=sharing

Hope that works.
Chris G
Enosis

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 4:16 PM Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> Chris,
> I didn't see any photos?? - rob
>
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Electric Lift Blues
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> So I am re-installing the track for the lift and have had the opportunity
> to really focus on the system. My main focus was the hole and crack in the
> transom but now.......  So anyway the mount seems to be off kilter, not
> bent but just off.  If you look at the following pictures you can see that
> the sliding mount is not parallel with the transom.  The difference is
> around 3/4" at the bottom and when raised, 5/8.  As a result the guide
> wheel is canted so just the right edge is pressed on the transom.  That
> must act like a pizza cutter on the thin layup on the transom.    There is
> an arch to the transom so the outboard track base should stand off the
> transom more than the inboard track base.  The outboard base is 4 1/2" and
> the inboard track base is 3 3/8".  Could it be that the outboard track is a
> tad too broad?  Does anyone out there have the same measurements as I do?
> Is your lift canted like mine?  Any ideas are welcome!
>