"Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

[wilyesteve]

As the title says, it's hard to push the throttle only button on my quicksilver remote.... I have to smash it with the palm of my hand, and it doesn't always depress even with that brute assault.

Is this repairable? I have popped the button off and shot WD-40 behind it, but no improvement. Take the assembly apart and grease it? Or would I be wasting my time disassembling it? Do I need a new one?

Thanks in advance.

 

[wilyesteve]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

bump?

 

[MH Hawker]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

need to see at picture at the very least due to the many types of controlers around.

 

[jdlough]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

This may sound silly, but have you tried pushing in the button while jiggling the throttle handle back-and-forth?

I think that button can only be pushed in while the throttle/shift lever's in neutral, and it may be a bit touchy.

My Johnson 175HP outboard is like that.

Kinda like with a car, sometimes you can't turn or remove the key without jiggling the steering wheel, to take the pressure off the key.

 

[justchecking]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

I had that problem also. A small $8 plastic part had deteriorated. See my thread http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=517884 or Mercury Quicksilver Control Repair for what I did to fix it!

 

[wilyesteve]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

Stole this pic from an ad off ebay...

JDLOUGH - will try that. Though I would like it to be readily available in an emergency situation....

JustChecking - nice writeup. How long did that take you? I have the SELOC manual, and yes, it does look daunting as hell...

 

[Texasmark]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

I had the 3000 once and if you pulled the lever to the rear most part of the N "slot" and then push it would work. I never did like it preferring the 2000 with the lift lever for fast idle so I just replaced it. I realize that your Sea Ray and my fishing boat are two different critters so I doubt that replacing it is an option. Hopefully the "$8 plastic part" will fix yours too.

Mark

 

[carguy001]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

I have 1984 Celebrity with the same controller that is pictured and fought the same issue all last year would have slam it with the palm of my hand so bad i would bruise my hand. So I tore mine apart to see about fixing it and found that two things had wore 1) there is a red plastic piece with a couple of holes in it, one hole is for a ball bearing that pushes out to disengage a dowl pin, what was happening was the red plastic piece would push back with when the button was pushed, causing the ball bearing to hang up on the edge of the metal housing that the red piece slides into. 2) the metal piece that pushes the ball bearing out had a divid wore into the leading edge causing the ball bearing to " lock" in the worn divid.

since i am a machinist by trade i have access to a full machine shop to make the below items.

so what i have done is re made the red plastic out of a piece of delrin and filed the divid out of the metal piece so it had a nice crisp transition. so far it has worked in the garage it is a little tight when you first push the button but works much better.


you might try just taking it apart and cleaning all the items in that center shaft and re-lube everything.

 

[wilyesteve]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

Well today the throttle only button decided to stop working completely.... I had to disconnect the throttle linkage at the carb and fast-idle it by hand to warm it up.... Debating whether to take this thing apart or just replace it....

What is a replacement controller for this? I hear Teleflex makes some? Also, what model do I have, as seen in the pic above? Quicksilver 3000?

 

[carguy001]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

i went a head and bought on new kit to fix the button issue it was $9.77 searay of cincinnati had 3 in stock their ph#(513) 871-5555 and the part # 817253A1.

 

[wilyesteve]

Re: "Throttle Only" button hard to push. Quicksilver. 1985 Sea Ray.

For $10 its worth a shot. Thanks carguy. Gonna visit my local Sea Ray dealer tomorrow.