Pontoonfoon
Seaman
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- Apr 28, 2010
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I broke the original fitting, screwing around in the motor, and bought a new one today...
this is what it looks like when assembled:
now the problem occurs when I throttle up, the end at the idle screw, simply slips out of the fitting that holds it.
said fitting:
if I throttle up slowly, the rod will not pop out MOST of the time, but if I throttle up quickly it will pop out every single time.
and what I get is this:
The bend in the rod is NOT 90 degrees so pulling on it allows the arm to simply pop out when its pulled.
for A temp fix I tie wrapped it so my day wasn't ruined, and it worked like a charm, but that's a half *** temp fix.
For something more permanent Im thinking a drop of locktite securing the rod into the bushing would cure the problem.. the bushing could still rotate in the arm, so freedom movement would be unaffected, the arm could still pivot as required.. I dunno if the original was also glued or not.. but I cant think of any possible problems this might cause..
mind you nothing is in a bind or anything like that, as I said if I throttle up slowly the motor operates normally, its just throttling up hard that causes it to slip out.
thoughts, comments, ideas?
this is what it looks like when assembled:
now the problem occurs when I throttle up, the end at the idle screw, simply slips out of the fitting that holds it.
said fitting:
if I throttle up slowly, the rod will not pop out MOST of the time, but if I throttle up quickly it will pop out every single time.
and what I get is this:
The bend in the rod is NOT 90 degrees so pulling on it allows the arm to simply pop out when its pulled.
for A temp fix I tie wrapped it so my day wasn't ruined, and it worked like a charm, but that's a half *** temp fix.
For something more permanent Im thinking a drop of locktite securing the rod into the bushing would cure the problem.. the bushing could still rotate in the arm, so freedom movement would be unaffected, the arm could still pivot as required.. I dunno if the original was also glued or not.. but I cant think of any possible problems this might cause..
mind you nothing is in a bind or anything like that, as I said if I throttle up slowly the motor operates normally, its just throttling up hard that causes it to slip out.
thoughts, comments, ideas?
