Throttle lever came loose

[skiboarder]

My throttle lever has become very loose and vibrates with the motor does anyone know of an ajustment for it.

[cyclone]

There are two adjustments, there is a set screw under the plate that puts some tension on the lever, and the screw that holds the lever on can come loose too. It came off in my hand at full throttle when the boat was new, chick was on the back and flew off, had to push the stop button on my keyless ignition to kill the boat. Actually, my pal Thom had the presence of mind to do so, I was dumbfounded with a shift lever in my hand:) It just needed to be reassembled correctly.

I did find a drawing and stuff for the shifter assy, not sure if I ever scanned it and posted it. it is a Morse shifter, can't remember what model but I found some PDF's on line that described all adjustments. There aren't any. I wanted to adjust the throw so that I could achieve WOT with the throttle extension necessary to make PP work. Unlike other shifters, there is no adjustment for the throttle throw.

I'll poke around the innnernet and see what I can find........

[skiboarder]

I would say it is about to come off in my hand like what happened to you. It does feel like it will fall off.

[cyclone]

TIghten the screw that holds the handle on, that should do it.

[skiboarder]

Do you knw how?

[lesman01]

FOund this thread while looking for a fix for my throttle lever. The issue is that it is becoming increasingly hard to find the "nuetral" position so that the key will engage the starter. for years now i've been using the "jiggle the handle" method to make it engage, but lately it's not working. Question is what in the assembly do i need to look for and how do i take the cover plate off or take it apart? I looked for assemble figures but could not find any.

Thanks!

lesman

[Capt Rick]

Neutral safety switch is on the transmission . If corrosion has caused the internal ball not to move it will be hard to find.
 neutral. Remove and clean it . The one with two wires on top.  The shifters also can be worn and finding a replacement will be hard.
That's the time to replace throttle and shift cables, and shifter . The shifters are very hard to remove but put it in full reverse to replace it.

Capt Rick