Ian_Rob
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The steering of my Yamaha F4 has become very stiff irrespective of the tightening screw. It rotates much more easily in one direction than the other. Is this a known issue?
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VicS
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May be lack of decent lubrication ..... there are no grease nipples shown on the parts diagram ... is that really so?
I think Id simply remove the tilt lock and unbolt the two halves of the swivel housing and have a look-see.
If nothing broken clean up , lightly grease the swivel bushes and re-assemble. There's not a lot of rocket science in there.
watch out for the two little springs on the tilt lock , noting how they are fitted.
TheOrs
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If it's the same as the F6C there's a friction band inside the leg. As you tighten the lever it tightens the band onto the inner part of the leg & prevents it's rotation.
On my engine the far end (non threaded) of the threaded part of the lever had come out of the band & tightening the lever distorted the band rather than tightening it around the inner part of the leg.
It is fairly simple to remove the cover & re-seat the friction band.
See pic below. 37 is the friction band; 38, 39, 40 are the tightening screw.
Ian_Rob
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Thank you for the replies, comments and the diagram. It’s odd - it would only easily rotate in one direction when I made the post but yesterday morning, without having touched it further, it was free again in both directions. I need to take it part I think.
