silva compass.

   I have a silva compass mounted in the front bulkhead of my contender.  Out for a sail yesterday and I notice it is lurching about drunkenly inside its casing - the whole ball bit seems to be out of kilter.  How has this happened?  More importantly, can it be fixed or is it hopeless?  

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winging it Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 22 Mar 07 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3958	Post Options Post Reply Quote winging it Report Post Quote Reply Topic: silva compass. Posted: 12 Apr 09 at 8:15pm
	I have a silva compass mounted in the front bulkhead of my contender. Out for a sail yesterday and I notice it is lurching about drunkenly inside its casing - the whole ball bit seems to be out of kilter. How has this happened? More importantly, can it be fixed or is it hopeless?
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Jimbob Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 05 Sep 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 77	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jimbob Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 18 Apr 09 at 12:19am
	If it's not too old Silva are very good at replacing bust compasses. I only found that out after repairing mine with the same fault you have. If the compass is the big ball type like mine the ball is glued to the front of the casing. So to repair it:- 1 cut a big hole in the top of the casing to give access. 2 put some araldite around the rim of the casing and on the ball where it meets up with the casing 3 before glue hardens reset the ball in position and force a few bits of firm flexible foam into the gap between the ball and the case to keep everything in position. I did this a few years ago and it is still stuck. It doesn't matter if water gets into the casing. 4 before glue
	Jimbob