Problems with Yetti

[B-man715]

My tires are wearing bad on the outside edge. Like there is too much camber. It's the opposite of what you normally would see on a fish house (when the tires lean in from a bent axle)

Can this be repaired and aligned?

I also had a leaf spring snap on me the other day. There are three leafs on each side, the bottom one broke in half and fell apart...... now the shack sit's un-level. I emailed Yetti recently and am awaiting a response.

They don't have a phone # listed on the HSOforum?????...........

It's a 2012 that I bought used from a private party. Anybody ever have a problem like this?

[crestliner61]

Sorry to hear about your issue, but I have a Yetti, 2nd winter and have not seen, had a issue. Did you contact Voyager? I believe that is the mfg name that make the shells. I wonder if the previous owner overload it or something else that has caused the issue??? Good luck resolving...

[mmartin]

Sounds like somebody hit something and bent the axels. I have a 2010 Yetti and haven't had any problems at all. Heading to devils Lake with it tomorrow.

[aczr2k]

This is interesting, our house has the same issue, it to is a 2012 model. I thought it might was because it wasn't finished meaning it had not enough weight in it to compensate or level it out. I will be keeping a closer eye on it. Here is Voyager's number 320-834-4940, they aren't real good at returning phone calls, so keep calling.

[Redlineracer12]

I've had good luck getting a hold of them via email for the little issues I've had. I have not had any problems with my leaf springs or uneven tire wear on my 2012.

Do you have it finished? Do you have the correct tire pressure in the tires?

[fsnrod]

Maybe it's time to take the fish house to there front door if they don't answer your call's or email. St Cloud area area code

[Redlineracer12]

Maybe it's time to take the fish house to there front door if they don't answer your call's or email. St Cloud area area code

They're actually up near Alexandria. They are a great company to work with in my experience.

[Don Julio]

This issue came up on another forum. They contacted voyager and it was repaired right away. Said the toe-in was wrong. Not sure on the leaf spring.

[MNfan]

Wonder how they fix that heat and bend something?

[B-man715]

Yetti called back today.

A+ on their customer service. They had a problem with some of the shackles in 2012 causing the leaf springs to seperate and break. She said two new complete sets of springs will be at my door in the morning. They would install them for free if I brought the shack to them, but I would rather just do it at home.

As for the tire wear, they took responsibilty for that too. She said some of the shacks had too much camber (figured in for weight). She said bring it in anytime and they will fix it the same day free of charge.

I was expecting to pay for all of this out of pocket since it was a used shack.

Sounds like they have these bugs worked out now, and are obviously doing an outstanding job with any issues. I honestly think if I asked, they would put new tires on it and pick up/deliver. But I'm more than happy with what they are already doing about it.

Never in my life have I seen a company stand behind a used/2nd owner product like Yetti is. They are outstanding!!

[aczr2k]

This is good to hear, a couple months ago when we tried calling, no one would return a call.

[rundrave]

On 1/21/2014 at 7:54 PM, B-man715 said:

I also had a leaf spring snap on me the other day. There are three leafs on each side, the bottom one broke in half and fell apart.

 

 

On 1/22/2014 at 5:00 PM, B-man715 said:

Yetti called back today.

 

A+ on their customer service. They had a problem with some of the shackles in 2012 causing the leaf springs to seperate and break

 

 

reviving an old thread due to running into the same issue with the same year of house. not expecting anything from yetti and I already have replacement parts ordered and on the way.

 

I am looking for some input or feedback on how to replace the leaf springs themselves. 

 

If I jack the house up and remove the tire, is it possible to pivot the axel assembly low enough to get to the other end of the leaf spring and remove that one bolt?

 

Or do I have to remove the entire pivot arm to get to it? Then I also have to factor in brake wire as well then. What a mess

 

My house is currently an hour away from my home at a relatives, going to go back up and look it over again and try to figure out a game plan.

 

 

 

 

 

Above pic is with house lowered on ice, the other end of that leaf is what I need to get to.

 

above pic is side that middle bolt broke and bottom 2 leafs fell out

here is other side that didnt break but you can see bottom half of leaf already did but atleast bolt is still in there

here is hub assembly in my garage with house lowered and tires off when I put new tires on it a couple months ago. hopefully I can raise house high enough that it can drop down far enough and not snap brake cable there so I can get to that other end of the leaf spring.

Edited yesterday at 05:35 PM by rundrave

[Wanderer]

I haven’t done any leaf springs for a long time and I can’t completely see the connections in your pics BUT I I’d be rounding up: PB Blaster, torch, 3 lb hammer, chisel, cut off tool, breaker bar, Jack stands or blocks.

 

This kind of stuff usually isn’t the easiest.

 

I would think you would be able to get at what you need by keeping the house up with Jack stands and getting the pressure off that suspension, then attack the hardware.  But again, I don’t feel like I can see everything going on there.

[rundrave]

2 hours ago, Wanderer said:

I would think you would be able to get at what you need by keeping the house up with Jack stands and getting the pressure off that suspension, then attack the hardware.  

 

we had some nice weather yesterday and this conundrum was driving me crazy  so I drove up to the house to take another look. I got a bunch of goodies via ups yesterday (cables,  winch ratchet parts, handles, leaf springs etc).

 

I wanted to make sure the new leaf springs I got fit. I got everything laid out and ready to go. Will be busy this weekend with kids stuff and too cold to fish anyway, but I will try to get back up there again next weekend and get it done. I don't think it will be bad once I get it lifted up. 

 

For anyone in the google verse, the leaf springs are 4 leafs and measure 25 1/4" eye  to eye per Yetti. I didnt want to pay their markup so just got something else comparable rated for the same weight.

 

I am a first time wheel house owner, this is all new to me. My house didn't come with any handles for the rear cables? I was told this week by someone in the industry that cordless drills do not have enough brake to lower it slow enough and it can damage the cables and the ratchets in the winches.  I put on a handle last night and it is 100% better than using a drill, unfortatenly I found out the hard way lol and will only use the ICNutz to raise the house now.

[Mike89]

good luck!!!