Throttle Assembly Loose! HELP!

[h2osk8er00]

Have everybody coming over for the Fourth and now my boat has difficulty going into neutral... The plastic chrome looking piece is not staying put.. I have to move it and play with it to get it to go into neutral.. not safe at all.. have the side dash pulled apart and Im looking behind it and dont see any screws to tighten it up.. take some pictures if I need to but if anybody can clue me in quick let me know! PLEASE!!!!!







This last picture shows the plastic/chrome piece around the throttle that is slipping.. the other pics are the backside of the throttle but none look loose nor do they appear to be able to tighten the neutral lock piece....

[Kight & Christine]

Tige came and picked my boat up Monday drove it to Abilene fixed it and dropped it off at my house yesterday
O and we got our boat for 55 we put 10 grand down went with the 7 year loan the monthly payment is only 650 but we want to pay it off in 4 5 years so we are going to pay more Pentagon Federal gave us a 5 % and when ever your ready for this let me know when you boat starts working again I will put my boat right up against yours and hang right with ya

And to add to it all you think that because you bought a 55k boat and have a 1k payment (please send me the name of your creditor... so I know never to use them) that you are somehow better than someone like me and my 20k boat..?? please.. I will put my boat right up against yours and hang right with ya.. minus the boards falling off onto my passengars.. It's called boating with Murphy's Law.. get used to it..Good Luck, sounds like you may have some karma headed your way.

[spyderwebb]

I think there is a cotter pin (or roll pin) that goes through the handle base (near the chrome ring) I don't see one, did it come out... maybe that is why the throttle is moving freely and failing to engage in gear??

Mine had a little roll pin piece that went through a hole in the base of the throttel handle, and it would come loose. We kept an eye on it so as not to let it fall out completely. Ultimately had to expand (spread it out a little) and then re insert it to to make it stay put.

[Fiveflat]

K&C - any chance of saying that again in a manner that is legible? Better yet, say it in
YOUR OWN EFFIN' THREAD!

[spyderwebb]

K&C - any chance of saying that again in a manner that is legible? Better yet, say it in
YOUR OWN EFFIN' THREAD!

True that!!!
I was reading it and thinking what was that rant all about and why the hell post it on this thread!

[h2osk8er00]

Tige came and picked my boat up Monday drove it to Abilene fixed it and dropped it off at my house yesterday
O and we got our boat for 55 we put 10 grand down went with the 7 year loan the monthly payment is only 650 but we want to pay it off in 4 5 years so we are going to pay more Pentagon Federal gave us a 5 % and when ever your ready for this let me know when you boat starts working again I will put my boat right up against yours and hang right with ya

And to add to it all you think that because you bought a 55k boat and have a 1k payment (please send me the name of your creditor... so I know never to use them) that you are somehow better than someone like me and my 20k boat..?? please.. I will put my boat right up against yours and hang right with ya.. minus the boards falling off onto my passengars.. It's called boating with Murphy's Law.. get used to it..Good Luck, sounds like you may have some karma headed your way.

Hey, do us all a favor and go play on the train tracks somewhere...

I think there is a cotter pin (or roll pin) that goes through the handle base (near the chrome ring) I don't see one, did it come out... maybe that is why the throttle is moving freely and failing to engage in gear??

Mine had a little roll pin piece that went through a hole in the base of the throttel handle, and it would come loose. We kept an eye on it so as not to let it fall out completely. Ultimately had to expand (spread it out a little) and then re insert it to to make it stay put.

I'll have to check it out.. I didn't see anything like that when my buddy and I dissected the throttle components. Found out the the assembly that mounts inside the lever itself was installed upside down somehow... I'm going to look at it again tomorrow... because from what I could see.. the throttle assembly is just not seated properly in the side dash where it's mounted... thanks for the help..

K&C - any chance of saying that again in a manner that is legible? Better yet, say it in
YOUR OWN EFFIN' THREAD!

Enough said...

[Billua]

Better yet, maybe K&C can find their own forum...

[h2osk8er00]

I think there is a cotter pin (or roll pin) that goes through the handle base (near the chrome ring) I don't see one, did it come out... maybe that is why the throttle is moving freely and failing to engage in gear??

Mine had a little roll pin piece that went through a hole in the base of the throttel handle, and it would come loose. We kept an eye on it so as not to let it fall out completely. Ultimately had to expand (spread it out a little) and then re insert it to to make it stay put.

Sorry my response has been so slow but I have been on vacation in California...and my boat was back at home..

My throttle has a screw that goes underneath on that last picture.. I think that is what you were referring to, right? just doesnt have enough force to hold it into place. It is as if the teeth on the neutral locking ring is not grabing the teeth on the otherside of the throttle... Not sure if I am missing a piece that goese between the two. I have looked all over the boat and inside the paneling.. still haven't found anything.. anywhere I might be able to find a schematic for my throttle or one like it? Thanks!

[h2osk8er00]

Better yet, maybe K&C can find their own forum...

They need their own website man... lol.. I love their boat though... looks nice..

[stuarth]

Throttle Assembly Loose! HELP

I have the same issue with my throttle. Have you come up with a solution?

[h2osk8er00]

I have the same issue with my throttle. Have you come up with a solution?

Still nothing man... I am pretty sure it is merely the chrome plate that needs replacing. Like the teeth are just worn down and don't seat in the other side as well anymore. We will see.. going to research and try to do it before next year I hope. For now it is dangerous for other prople to drive as you can go from foward to reverse without hitting that neutral lock position... everything works fine.. just need to get it situated better.

[WakeWes]

Any conclusion on the loose throttle? Ours seems to be having the same issue as h20sk8er. Its like the throttle handle is not tight to the housing so the teeth can't catch properly. It seems like if we can get the whole thing smooshed back together it would work fine. I don't think the teeth are worn down, it's just not being held tight together.

[WakeWes]

An update on my throttle. I unscrewed the throttle handle completely and there was a brass cylinder in the middle that could push in and out. When compressed it could catch and stay compressed and then if you rotated the whole thing it would pop back out. I fiddled with it a bit and put the handle back on a couple times and then finally the whole assembly stayed tight and started working like normal again. I'm guessing it finally tightened back up b/c I screwed the handle back on while that brass cylinder was compressed (or maybe the opposite) but that's all I can think of that was changing when I put it back together successfully.

We did some test runs with a couple extra paddles on board and nobody in the water and the thing feels solid, actually feels better than before it got loose.

Anyway, looks like I got lucky on this fix, if anyone knows what I did right/wrong I'll take the feedback.

We did however break the wires internal to the handle that run to the trim tab switch. I don't know how we are going to fix those, not a lot of room in the assembly to splice the wires, might have to take that problem to mechanic at the end of the season...

Thanks folks!