PaulRainbow
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I friend has a Moody 36cc and the throttle lever has disintegrated. It's made of some composite crap. He's having a job to find a replacement and i can't see anything. Anyone know where he might find a new one ?
Moody 36CC throttle/gear lever
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PetiteFleur
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I'll look on the MOA site for you and report back.
PetiteFleur
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Paul - I've had a quick look and it appears that the white plastic lever is no longer available - Link attached(if it works!) See:-
https://www.moodyowners.info/threads/throttle-lever.19766/
https://www.moodyowners.info/threads/throttle-lever.19766/
colind3782
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Can you get someone to print one? Possibly beefed up with a metal core?
fredrussell
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I was asked to log in. Why? What top secret info are the shadowy Moody Owners Assoc trying to protect? I can understand not being allowed to post until logged in, but just to have a peek? My god they’re a sinister bunch, always have been.
Kelpie
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You can register as a guest for free. It's a fairly useful owners association and the £20/yr they ask for is well with it IMHO.
PetiteFleur
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Hi Paul, I did not realise you had to log in to see the link. Basically they said as follows as posted:-
'' The old white handles had a parallel shaft & spline & Lewmar redesigned it with a tapered shaft & spline so the stainless handle will not fit the earlier control mechanism so the mechanism & lever have to be replaced together. ''
The later one had a stainless handle - it looks like the whole assy may have to be renewed unless you can cobble up a replacement handle with grub screws/stainless pin to locate it?
You should get your friend to join the MOA - it's a very useful source of information and as Kelpie says - only £20yr !
'' The old white handles had a parallel shaft & spline & Lewmar redesigned it with a tapered shaft & spline so the stainless handle will not fit the earlier control mechanism so the mechanism & lever have to be replaced together. ''
The later one had a stainless handle - it looks like the whole assy may have to be renewed unless you can cobble up a replacement handle with grub screws/stainless pin to locate it?
You should get your friend to join the MOA - it's a very useful source of information and as Kelpie says - only £20yr !
Quandary
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It is 'The Moody Owners Association' if you do not want to join at the exhorbitant annual cost of £22 we would still try to help you but would expect you to reveal who you are, is that unreasonable? The technical library is a valuable resource built up by paying members efforts over many years. Alternatively in these straightened times when money is tight you could ask a paying member to help you.
Proves that you are right, we are a sinister bunch, we plan to take over the world next week.
fredrussell
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ha! Well good luck to you all. I do have a temporary membership I think actually - I joined up for some info on the S31, a boat I was (and am) rather keen on. Turned out the bilge keel ones were a little on the scarce side, so I bought summat else.
Quandary
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What a luck escape you had.
coopec
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You are not Robinson Crusoe apparently!
Throttle lever replacement?
Paul
Do you know the make of the throttle/ear control?
Here are a few used levers on eBay
used single lever boat throttle control - Google Shopping
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Throttle lever replacement?
Paul
Do you know the make of the throttle/ear control?
Here are a few used levers on eBay
used single lever boat throttle control - Google Shopping
Boat Salvage | Boat Recycling, Salvage and Parts For Sale
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pvb
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coopec's suggestion of Googling is a novel one - I bet you hadn't thought of that!
rogerthebodger
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coopec's suggestion of Googling is a novel one - I bet you hadn't thought of that!
My approach would be to remake as it looks quite simple to machine an weld a handle on that the side pictured but I don't know what the other side looks like.
But that's just me being tight fisted
PetiteFleur
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Here's one on ebay, with splines but shipping a bit excessive!! Not sure if it would fit... US MARINE SHIFT & THROTTLE CONTROL BOX HANDLE CREAM / BLACK 7 3/8" BOAT | eBay
pvb
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That's not the same fitting.
PaulRainbow
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Thanks to everyone who looked/responded. The owner is a member of the MOA and posted there, but i thought i'd ask here too.
Not easy to make one as Roger suggested, because of the splines (see pic 1). The stainless one could be machined to fit over the existing shaft, but that wouldn't engage with the spline, leaving it only held in place by the grub screw. He's bit the bullet and ordered a new mechanism, circa £300 !
Thanks again all.
Not easy to make one as Roger suggested, because of the splines (see pic 1). The stainless one could be machined to fit over the existing shaft, but that wouldn't engage with the spline, leaving it only held in place by the grub screw. He's bit the bullet and ordered a new mechanism, circa £300 !
Thanks again all.
rogerthebodger
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I did wonder about the splines.
They look like internal on pic 1 if so it looks like the outer ring that moves with the lever so it would b easy to drill and tap to then clamp to the handle/lever.
Grub screws (3 or 4) dimpled into where the splines are would hold the lever on. The lever would be lined up correctly before dimpling the splined shaft.
We used to use dimpled grub screws to locate belt conveyor shafts into pillow block bearings all the time.
You can see the glub screws in this pillow block bearing
PaulRainbow
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The entire shaft, as seen protruding from the housing in pic 1, turns when you operate the lever. So yes, you could machine a lever to fit over the shaft and ignore the splines, fitting grub screws, as you say. The original had a grub screw, but that was only to stop the lever sliding off, the splines stopped it turning. It would mean that the lever would be held on and prevented from turning, by the grub screw/s. That should be enough really, some Bavaria steering quadrants are held in place with a single bolt, screwed into a dimple on the rudder shaft.
But the owner prefers a new mechanism, obviously not as tight fisted as you and i
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coopec
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Paul
While googling to see what the alternatives were I was astonished at the prices of these complete throttle/gear mechanisms . I was given X5 (used) Morse units, I picked out the best one, gave two away and I still have two in my junk!
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rogerthebodger
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But the owner prefers a new mechanism, obviously not as tight fisted as you and i
Well that settles it then if the owner wishes it to be done that was and he is the one who pays the piper
I think being "tight fisted: is or should be a prerequisite to membership of PBO
