Appreciate advice as to if there an easy unstick process for this. 9.9 Yamaha 4 stroke - assume the tilt lock lever would be similar on other Yamaha outboards around this size. Don't want to have lug the outboard off the moored yacht. Great thanks in advance.
I just found these - seems like I need to free up the cam and spring - will Inox spray it from outside as well as inside the cowling cover. And also check for something bent like it's not supposed to be...........also make sure am properly in neutral. Anyway all other comments welcomed. Thanks.
www.yamahaoutboardparts.com/forum/general-discussion/yamaha-outboard-forum/24098-tilt-stop-lever-doesn-t-retract
www.yamahaoutboardparts.com/forum/general-discussion/yamaha-outboard-forum/26906-06-8-hp-manual-tilt-reverse-lock-mechanism
I'm guessing it's the safety lock down, that its still in gear.
Check your morse selector cables are ok.
Mine does have alot of spring pressure on the release latch though, so a good lube up might be needed as well.
good luck
r13 - your problem might be similar to a problem I had with the Yamaha 2 Stroke (which I have now sold with the previous boat). It got me nervous about losing fingers and seems to be a design flaw.
Quick fix - tie a piece of string to the locking hasp/lock and feed it up through the leg to the cockpit. Pull the string to lift the lock. Don't lose fingers inside the leg as you feed the string through.
More permanent fix - you'll need to get the motor off the boat and onto a work top for this. The problem is to do with the alignment of the gear selector rod, the toggle on the rod and the yoke that the toggle moves to engage or disengage the lock. The mechanism can get disengaged when the gear selector rod moves, the toggle moves out of the yoke, the yoke gets pushed to one side and you can't undo the lock.
I fixed this by fitting some plastic washers on the horizontal pivot pin that holds the yoke. The washers were quite loose, but gave enough guidance to ensure that the yoke stayed in the right position for the toggle. You'll also need to study the manual and work out the moving parts in your mind's eye, which is best done off the water.
Ok thanks Achernar. Yes I was real nervous about fingers when trying to lower the thing last week and realised a bit of thin rope lead over the oboard to the cockpit would be needed to get the oboard right down, and also a bit of timber to push the locking rod back down when it is up so it can stay up. Will set these up this week.
Not a great photo (dug it up from 2015), but looks up into the locking mechanism towards the reverse lock. My plastic washers are visible as the black shiny cylinders, four each side of the yoke.
