Has anybody had this problem???

[Moki]

I have the 2000 2300V and the throttle will not hold by itself when it is below 1/2 throttle, in other words, if I let go of the throttle at below half it will return to idle. How does one tighten this up so it will hold?

[talltigeguy]

I've never really thought of letting go of the throttle when driving my boat.

[zad0030]

How often do you have it past half way anyway?

On my boat once you get past here.... -- anything below is WO.

[NICKYPOO]

I have the 2000 2300V and the throttle will not hold by itself when it is below 1/2 throttle, in other words, if I let go of the throttle at below half it will return to idle. How does one tighten this up so it will hold?

You might have to actually loosen it. I adjusted mine (thottle cable) last year and over tightened it and it wouldn't stay put. I let off the tension a bit and and that problem cleared it right up.

[NICKYPOO]

How often do you have it past half way anyway?

On my boat once you get past here.... -- anything below is WO.

Huh?

[zad0030]

Ok so I explained that pretty bad....


The throttle at neutral looks like this... | pushed down 90 degrees .... __ from there pushed down further to here... / is not much of a difference in RPM. Maybe that helps?

[Moki]

I've never really thought of letting go of the throttle when driving my boat.

let go of throttle, surrender to the power and free your mind

[Domsz06]

is your cable tight? or too loose? I'd look into that, or your return spring maybe.

[Moki]

Zad,
What I mean is more than half throttle not just a 45 degree angle.

Nicky, Dom,

That sounds very likely the culprit, I will look into it. Thanks for the help! Until I get it resolved, I will consider it a safety feauture

[Domsz06]

um, kinda of a sick safety feature

[zad0030]

I dont know where I was going with all that.. just making myself look stupid

[Moki]

I dont know where I was going with all that.. just making myself look stupid

all is forgiven, I owed you one on the instructions

[zad0030]

all is forgiven, I owed you one on the instructions

Instructions???? You mean sunflower seeds catching paper...

[Domsz06]

Zad,

Never heard that one before, I like that!!

[Moki]

Instructions???? You mean sunflower seeds catching paper...

that's exactly what I meant