tiller handle

[hooksetter62]

i have a 1976 evenrude 6 hp, is there any way to tighten the throttle on the handle so it stays where u set it, mine wont hold and keeps going back to slow or stop

 

[F_R]

Re: tiller handle

There is a spring and a tapered friction plug up in the nose of the twist grip....or at least there is supposed to be one in there. That should be sufficient to make it stay where you put it.

If it doesn't, perhaps the coil is dragging on the flywheel magnets. That will shut it off in a hurry. Not only that, it damages the coil's laminated core. The laminated cores are supposed to be flush even with the machined edges of the posts upon which they mount.