Yacht Specialties Pedestal Throttle Drag

[Schwarz633]

My recently acquired Tartan 33R has a Yacht Specialties pedestal and Universal 5424 diesel. With the help of the information on this website, I just replaced the shift and throttle cables. The operation is much improved, especially the "pull back" shutdown of the engine. However, now the throttle creeps towards idle while motoring at speed. I didn't notice anything in either the pedestal or engine that would permit me to add some drag to the throttle. Any suggestions?

 

[Frank Langer]

My recently acquired Tartan 33R has a Yacht Specialties pedestal and Universal 5424 diesel. With the help of the information on this website, I just replaced the shift and throttle cables. The operation is much improved, especially the "pull back" shutdown of the engine. However, now the throttle creeps towards idle while motoring at speed. I didn't notice anything in either the pedestal or engine that would permit me to add some drag to the throttle. Any suggestions?

One can get a device that attaches to the cable, squeezes it a bit to hold it steady. I have simply added a short line around the pedestal that I loop over the throttle to hold it in place.
Frank

 

[peaman]

A "split bolt" commonly used to clamp an electrical ground wire to a grounding rod, in a suitable size works pretty well for squeezing the cable jacket just enough to provide some needed friction. A well stocked hardware store or electrical supply house should have them.

 

[Schwarz633]

A "split bolt" commonly used to clamp an electrical ground wire to a grounding rod, in a suitable size works pretty well for squeezing the cable jacket just enough to provide some needed friction. A well stocked hardware store or electrical supply house should have them.

That's a great suggestion. I was struggling with paying $30-$40 for the Dometic 44386 part.

 

[Christian Williams]

Several solutions:

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[Schwarz633]

In reviewing the Universal 5424 parts manual I noticed that there is a friction plate under the speed control lever. It looks like there are two nuts securing the lever to the shaft. I'm thinking that the bottom nut adjusts the tension and the top nut is a jam nut to lock it in place. I'm going to give this a try tomorrow before I install a clamping device on my brand new cable. That just seems wrong.

 

[Christian Williams]

Wrong? Or elegant?