"Morse" throttle cable

At the end of last summer my throttle cable broke. I tracked a 17 footer down at the local boat shop. I replaced it and it took forever for me, a layman, to adjust it where I thought it was "doable". After it was adjusted as well as I could manage, it still revved a little before it went into gear. I said something to the mechanic I use and he told me that he'd take a look. A week or so ago, he called and said "Tate, you've got the wrong cable.". I said "it's a 17 footer like the other". He said that I needed a Morse cable; something about the "travel" being different in same-length cables from two different manufacturers. "OK" I said. I got on Nautiqueparts.com and ordered a 17' cable. He called me last night and said that they "sent" me the wrong cable. It's Nautique Parts. How can any cable, of the right length, be wrong from a place called Nautique Parts? He reiterated that I need a "Morse" cable. Everything I find on-line says "Morse-Teleflex". What gives? I know what a Morse taper is but in this context, I assumed that Morse was the manufacturer's name. Anybody got any ideas? I gotta this thorn in my paw removed. Fast!        Thanks!

When adjusting the throttle cable, the brass barrel must go past idle.
It has to have tension so it does not try to "throw" during the movement between shifts.

8122pbrainard wrote: Unless the travel is too short, (I can't imagine it) I feel there's a communication problem here. No matter what the cable is, it's the helm control that produces the stroke. Fill us in some more.

Exactly. Right? How can a cable "travel" more (or less) than another? He said he'd run into this before and had to track down a Morse ("red") cable. I feel stupid asking this but are red cables available anywhere?

cables at go2marine

There's a procedure to follow for properly adjusting your cables. Give these steps a try and you should be good to go.

1. Disconnect cables at trans and carb

2. At the morse control disconnect both cables and rotate the brass pin connector so there is approx 1/8" of thread showing at the cable end. Reconnect both cables to the morse.

3.At the transmission, place the transmission bracket(the one that the cable attached to) in neutral. You may have to move it back and forth to feel exactly where neutral is but it should detent in the center of travel. Once you find a firn neutral connect your trans cable.

4. Step 4 is the magic. Go back to the morse control and with the transmission engage button in, move the throttle lever to the forward engage detent. Just move it forward and it should lock into the forward position firmly, stop whne it does so. Now go to the carb, adjust the cable connector so the throttle cable smoothly attaches to the carb stud without moving the throttle. You are done.

This sequence works for me everytime with NO tweaking if you do it right.

The trick is you must have the throttle in the forward (or Reverse) detent BEFORE trying to attach the cable at the carb.

Lol! I'm gonna do it. Thanks yall!