Throttle stop--at carb or at handle?

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   When recently replacing my throttle cable because it broke, I noticed that the carb linkage hits it's travel stop before the hand lever hits it's stop.  So my cable gets pulled on every time I go to WOT for a start.

Is this how other boats are set up?  It seems to me I'd be better off hitting the stop at the hand lever a fraction of an inch before hitting the carb stop to ensure the max cable tension was never very high. 

FWIW, I have a 1984 2001 with the original carbed 351. 

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pmt2234 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: June-14-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 46	Post Options Post Reply Quote pmt2234 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Throttle stop--at carb or at handle? Posted: June-29-2005 at 4:00pm
	When recently replacing my throttle cable because it broke, I noticed that the carb linkage hits it's travel stop before the hand lever hits it's stop. So my cable gets pulled on every time I go to WOT for a start. Is this how other boats are set up? It seems to me I'd be better off hitting the stop at the hand lever a fraction of an inch before hitting the carb stop to ensure the max cable tension was never very high. FWIW, I have a 1984 2001 with the original carbed 351.

GottaSki Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: April-21-2005 Location: NE CT Status: Offline Points: 3363	Post Options Post Reply Quote GottaSki Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June-29-2005 at 4:16pm
	Uhm, don't push so hard, it won't go any faster... If it was original, you were overdue for a cable failure. Change the shift cable too before the boat runs somebody over. Are you implying you need WOT most every start? what are you pulling?
	"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worthwhile as messing around with boats...simply messing." River Rat to Mole

Bob's2001 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: March-28-2005 Location: Lake Jackson TX Status: Offline Points: 241	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bob's2001 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June-30-2005 at 3:36am
	There are adjustments on both ends of the cable. When i replaced mine i had to fiddle with it a little to get it right.
	Bob Ed 83 2001

Throttle stop--at carb or at handle?

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