[Rhodes22-list] Tiller Remote for Yamaha 9.9 -- Be sureto inspect

[Michael D. Weisner]

Bill,

When aluminum is exposed to the environment it oxidizes to for a protective 
layer.  This is why it appears dull.  The white salts that you see can cause 
the aluminum to weaken or pit over time.  I have used a metal protector 
called Sharkhide that works quite well to prevent aluminum corrosion.  I am 
not sure if it will help in your case but you might want to try it.  More 
info can be found at: http://www.sharkhide.com/ and it is sold at 
www.amazon.com

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Wickman, William E" Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:48 AM
>I still love my remote.  I think it was a case of installation/maintenance 
>as opposed to design failure.  Wouldn't have been as big a problem had I 
>not been in close quarters....but then that is when you are most likely 
>using the shifter.
>
> One other thing that I discovered when I disassembled the remote was that 
> there was a lot of corrosion that looked like calcium carbonate in the 
> handle part of the remote.  The unit is made of aluminum so it is 
> structurally sound, but the area under the rubber throttle handle had 
> quite a bit of corrosion and white calcium like deposits.  Clearly a 
> result of exposure to salt water.
>
> Bill W.
> s/v Fina Lee
>
>
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> Weisner
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> inspect
>
> Bill,
>
> You're so correct.  Always know where the kill switch is.  Many now have a
> lanyard attached to a key that can be quickly pulled out of the engine is 
> an
> emergency.
>
> Problems with user installation and maintenance as well as general design
> failure modes have been cited as the reason that many engine manufacturers
> do not make or recommend remotes any longer.  The liability is just too
> great.  It seems a shame since they are really handy devices.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Wickman, William E"  Tuesday, September 07, 2010 9:43 AM
>> If you have the tiller mounted remote throttle/gear shift/kill switch 
>> that
>> came with some of the Yamaha 9.9 motors, be sure to check the cables so
>> you don't have happen to you what happened to me.  I was caught in
>> Murphy's Law.
>>
>> When launching a couple of days ago, I was backing away from the launch
>> ramp and the engine went out of gear.  Not knowing what was wrong, I
>> pushed the gear shifter back and forth and the motor engaged in forward
>> and then wouldn't come out of gear.  Very quickly I found my boat being
>> driven into the sterns of a row of other sailboats parked at the dock. 
>> By
>> the time I figured out what had happened and killed the engine, my boat
>> was glancing off the backs of the boats.  Fortunately, I had about 4
>> people on the dock to help fend off and didn't sustain any significant
>> damage (to me or the boats); only a chip off the bow and scuff marks on
>> the rub rail.  One great thing about our boats is that with the flared
>> hull and rub rail our boats are safer when something like this happens.
>>
>> After taking several deep breaths, I inspected the remote tiller control
>> and saw that the gear shift cable had frayed all the way through to the
>> cable causing it to fail at a most inopportune time.   My suspicion is
>> that over time and use the cable had rubbed against the threads of the
>> screws that attach the controller to the tiller.  The cable had been in
>> direct contact with the threads as it exited the controller.  I am now
>> awaiting a replacement cable and hope to be back in commission soon. 
>> When
>> I replace I intend to take measures to prevent direct contact.
>>
>> Lessons Learned:
>>
>> 1)       Periodically inspect the cables and replace if you see any 
>> damage
>> to the external cover.  The gear shift is probably more critical than the
>> throttle for obvious reasons.
>>
>> 2)      If your motor inexplicably goes out of gear (or gets stuck in
>> gear) and you are in a tight maneuvering area it is best to immediately
>> kill the engine instead of trying to "fix" the problem on the spot.
>>
>> Hope this helps some of you.
>>
>> Bill W.
>> s/v Fina Lee (2000)
>>
>>
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