McMark
Jetboaters Captain
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- Location
- Monongahela, PA
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2015
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 24
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I had the same problem yesterday and I forced the throttle, now it seems to have a broken linkage problem. Where do I start to troubleshoot this?Glad you're up and running again @McMark I had a similar situation after performing a "panic reversing" in order to avoid a rock while beaching. The reverse gate was immediately jammed with tiny bits of sand/pebbles. It was easily freed up like yours was by simply working the bucket up and down by hand. So you're not alone in this one. That's why they recommend 3 plus feet of water for operation. But hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
I would operate one lever at a time. If it doesn't raise or lower the bucket, that would indicate a broken cable that needs to be replaced. There is a link for replacing these cables under the frequently asked questions section of the general discussion section.I had the same problem yesterday and I forced the throttle, now it seems to have a broken linkage problem. Where do I start to troubleshoot this?
I would recommend a thread locking compound for those bolts, as well. Bad news when those work free on their own, too.This just happened to me when backing out of a sand bar. I couldn't lift up on the bucket with enough force to free the debris. Even out of the water, back on the trailer, I was afraid that I would break something in the plastic bucket or linkage. (Kudos to those mentioning to NEVER use the throttles to free a bucket) Back at home, I removed ONE bolt from the outside of the starboard bucket and the rocks fell right out. Tightened it back up, cycled the throttle with the engines on and off to ensure proper operation and we are good to go! I'm going to keep a cheap socket in the boat for when (not IF) this happens again, so I don't have to drive home on one engine. And by the way, I did have both engines on while driving forward with only one engine. Didn't want to shove water into the muffler and back into the starboard engine exhaust manifold.