Re: Yamaha Service Bulletins ??
Welcome to iboat.<br /><br />Service bulletins are only available to dealers. Yamaha has a website just for dealers and you can't get in without the proper ID. They don't want customers having access to that information. Too much room for confusion and people freaking out about problems that might pertain to that model, but not their serial number range, etc.<br /><br />Yamaha uses an extremely reliable trim unit, but sometimes water gets into the electric motor and freezes things up. You're hearing clicking which means that the relays are working although the contacts inside could be bad. It's rare for both UP and DOWN relays to fail at the same time.<br /><br />Try this ... turn the manual release valve out a turn or two and tilt the motor up and flip the tilt lock so it can't come back down. Put one hand on the trim motor and toggle the trim switch. If power is getting to the trim motor, you'll feel a little something. Even a frozen trim motor will try to move although it won't be much. But it's usually enough to be able to detect by feel. Naturally if it runs, you'll be able to hear it.
