removing throttle cable which end?

[gakozee]

Hello all and thanks in advance for any advice you may have. I have a 1976 evinrude 115 HP 4 cylinder 2 stroke motor on my pontoon boat. I need to remove the throttle cable to be able to redeck my boat. My question is how do I remove the throttle cables from the the throttle control box? Would removing the cables at the motor be a better idea? I have removed both front and back set screws from the cable ends but the cables will not pull out.
Thanks again. Gary

 

[jomar]

Re: removing throttle cable which end?

If you have loosened or removed all 4 set screws 2 from each cable end the cables will come out. Some times the core wire will get kinked bad enough to make removal difficult.

 

[gakozee]

Re: removing throttle cable which end?

Yes ihave removed all four set screws. Am i correct in my thinking that pulling on the brass rod the slides inside the plastic cable end will release the cable? Or do i need ro unscrew the brass rod from the cable itself then just pull the cable out leaving the braass rod attached?
I do not want to break anything. Any tricks to getting it to come out?