phaze5
TY 4 Stroke Guru
experiencing hard steering real hard,skis are out of alignment atleast the right one. wasnt enough thread to get perfect, went out and still hard, kinda like binding pulled back in shop and put jack under sled and my a-arms move front to back 1/4 inch waqiting for snow to thaw so i can investigate, so the only person i can think that has probably had this happen is itsahemi, so who has had this happen to them and whos going out to the garage to check thiers,thanks.
ef x eh
Extreme
i have noticed lots of play in the upper a arms. i just figured that new bushings are needed. sled has 5000 kms. so in spring i will check and replace required parts. without a warrnty claim too.
phaze5
TY 4 Stroke Guru
do you think it could bind steering at all
Weapon X
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
which A-arms uppers or lowers?
GypsyRoots
Expert
mine have had slop from new...
as a matter of fact, the whole steering has had a LOT of SLOP from new...
I have an 07 Venture Lite...
as a matter of fact, the whole steering has had a LOT of SLOP from new...
I have an 07 Venture Lite...
Weapon X
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Thats weird because mine is right tight
Dodgeman
Veteran
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Lots of slop in the steering is "normal". 1/4" slop in the A-arms is getting excessive. When the bushings on mine wore out, the "hubbed" end cracked off, increasing the amount of play a lot. Funny thing was, when the new lower A-arms were installed under warranty, I got all new bushings for free! If you're alignment won't take, check the spindles for twist or bend.. If you're sled's on warranty, Yamaha might cover it. (bushings, not spindles, I mean)
phaze5
TY 4 Stroke Guru
how do you bend a bushing will they cover under warranty
phaze5
TY 4 Stroke Guru
all the bushings in the frontend are gone, yamaha is taking care of it they were bitchin cause i have 2800 miles on it, so i guess the yes coverage they want to sell you, must have mileage restrictions. they no about the problem so any body who really rides thier machine better check frontend as my steering went bad quick. same problem with nytro
Ulmer sells bushing kits made with OilLite/Bronze great reviews on them.I bought new stock ones and then added grease zerks.About 1500mi since and no play.Should have come with grease zerks.If they wear again I will get the Ulmers.
BombaPolaYama
TY 4 Stroke Master
phaze5 said:
So what is the procedure for checking the front end and steering for slop?
Thanks
Just grab the top of spindle with skis off ground.If it goes clunk and moves around its your bushings.With skis on ground step on skis and lift at each a-arm if sloppy its your balljoints.My balljoints are still tight with almost 4000mi so its not all.Bushings were very bad at 2500mi.Check out this post.Grease fitting works for bushings.Is a link to a video of slop I made also.
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=
http://www.ty4stroke.com/viewtopic.php? ... highlight=
BombaPolaYama
TY 4 Stroke Master
Thanks a lot for the info - I will try that.
jafgreen
Extreme
Come to think of it I noticed my right ski was off a little, it goes in on Wed. to a new dealer, They asked me to bring my sled in. Imagine that. Told me they would go throught it to make sure all the recalls have been completed and fix any warrenty issues that may be there.
