Hello,
We just took the plunge and purchased a used Cobalt 190. When we test drove it, the throttle felt stiff and difficult to push, but the marina selling it said that it would be greased and/or adjusted for us. We picked it up last week, and are still finding it very difficult to adjust the throttle, especially when we want to make minor adjustments to the speed while tubing and skiing. It seems to stick, and needs a lot of force to move, then the speed change is more severe than we want because of it. We asked the marina about it, and were told it was greased, works fine, and is just the way it is designed. This doesn't seem right to us. It actually took two hands to move at one point when I tried to adjust down from 30 miles an hour to a slower speed. I was hoping for any thoughts or advice you might have.
thanks
We just took the plunge and purchased a used Cobalt 190. When we test drove it, the throttle felt stiff and difficult to push, but the marina selling it said that it would be greased and/or adjusted for us. We picked it up last week, and are still finding it very difficult to adjust the throttle, especially when we want to make minor adjustments to the speed while tubing and skiing. It seems to stick, and needs a lot of force to move, then the speed change is more severe than we want because of it. We asked the marina about it, and were told it was greased, works fine, and is just the way it is designed. This doesn't seem right to us. It actually took two hands to move at one point when I tried to adjust down from 30 miles an hour to a slower speed. I was hoping for any thoughts or advice you might have.
thanks