Outboard throttle lever loose (sideways movement)

[maddog888]

Hi. My throttle lever is loose in that it has sideways movement. It has always been good but I knocked it when putting the cover back on the boat yesterday and now there is some horizontal play. I removed the end cap, expecting to see a nut but there was none....it looks (refer to photos) like something may have sheared off on the threaded portion but I did not find any loose parts?? My questions are;

- Should there be a nut to tighten?
- If I loosen the screws, will this allow me to inspect behind? I am uncertain about this as I do not want to affect the throttle tighness etc, which has been good?
- Does anyone have any suggestions how I can fix? If I push the throttle handle to the left, it works OK, but this is obviously not ideal.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Chris1956]

Go onto the OEM web page for that control. A lot of them allow the throttle handle to be mounted on both sides of the control box, for dual engines. As such they can be removed and tightened.