YamahaRider10
Extreme
I went for a ride last night and by the time it was over I felt like the steering was binding up on me. I put it on the lift tonight and sure enough......I could barely turn the bars. I lifted the ski off the lift and started to try to find the bind. I loosened up the upper steering block and the lower one. Seem to turn a little better now. Not sure if I should through some grease in there or not or if I should look further into it. I have an OFT steering relocater as well as Timber Sled Bark Buster front end. The OFT has about 800 miles of use and the Timbersled stuff has maybe 200 miles of use.
bholmlate
Expert
YamahaRider10
Dont use any grease if you are running the OFT relocator it will bind it up once you tighten everything down. I would check all the ball joints in the front end. these front end heavy machines are hard on everything up front. I would also spray some silicon spray lube on the rubber boots for the steering rods they can bind up on the steering rods and cause issues i have heard and read about on this forum and others. The oilite bushings for the OFT relocator dont need any lubricant.
Dont use any grease if you are running the OFT relocator it will bind it up once you tighten everything down. I would check all the ball joints in the front end. these front end heavy machines are hard on everything up front. I would also spray some silicon spray lube on the rubber boots for the steering rods they can bind up on the steering rods and cause issues i have heard and read about on this forum and others. The oilite bushings for the OFT relocator dont need any lubricant.
