Morse Throttle or Cable Lubrication?

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Morse throttle control lever seems to be getting harder to operate - not extremely so, but I wonder if this needs periodic lubricating, and with what lubricant? Any advice?

Also, does the flexible sheilded cable (I forget what the correct terminology is) which leads from the control lever to the engine need a squirt or a wadge of anything slippery?

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Babylon
 
Just changed my gear cable yesterday for the same reason 3.5 m cable off the shelf from Volspec £34.11. didnr think it was worth messing about for 34 squids. if you cant get her out of gear 34 squids is cheap when faced with a lock gate /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif.
sweet as a nut now /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
lubrication of the head is a good idea, personaly have used spray greasefor many years

as for the cable , it is difficult to get oil down , although I always give them an oil , more in hope than expectation
 
You could always buy a hydraulic cable oiler, motorcycle dealers are the best places to look. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Produc...ic-Cable-Oiler/
Not the easiest way, but an alternative is to disconnect the cable at its upper end, use some duct tape to make a "funnel", pour some very light oil, such as 3 in 1, into your funnel and work the cable up and down to get the oil. It will work, but like most things having the proper tool for the job will make a huge difference.
 
A friend is 'renovating' a sunken boat and had a binding cable due to salt ingress. He attached an ATF bottle to one end and suspended it from his workshop ceiling overnight so the ATF flowed down the inside. Next morning small pool of ATF on shed floor and one free cable. Obviously you need to create a fluid tight joint twix bottle and cable. Didn't pay that much attention but he got the head inside the bottle and was able to tape up the joint.
 
Check to make sure its the cable thats binding and not something not quite right in the throtte end of the mechasnism. And if its the cable change it -not a lot of money.

My Morse gear box control cable failed in the marina at Poole /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
I'm going to have a go at both components this weekend with a can of spray WD40 and a bottle of 3-in-1. Its amazing how just opening something up for an inspection and clean both demystifies it AND seems to make it work 'better!'

Thanks for all the advice.
 
On a similar vein to previous posts I oiled a cable in situ by putting a piece of tubing over the end of the cable where the inner goes in, securing with a fuel hose clip. Then filled the tube (about a couple of foot long) with an oil mix and left to soak thru, I even gave it a helping hand with gentle pressure from the dingy pump on the end of the tubing and the occasional in and out of the inner cable.
All I can say was it worked for me and did not have to change the cable.
 
Another substitute for an expensive cable oiler is to get a party balloon (heavy duty if available ! ) fill it with the lubricant of your choice and then carefully push the end of the cable into the neck of the balloon. Tape balloon neck as tightly as possible round cable end then hold balloon up and cable down and gently squeeze the balloon to force the lube down the cable
 
Stiffness in operation can be a sign that the joint between the wire and rod at the control end has some of the wires fractured. These cause drag against the sheath. The control cams on the throttle require considerable angular movement at the sheath fixing, causing the flexing at the wire-rod junction. My 19 year old throttle cable failed when delivering the boat with the new owner - rather embarassing. £20 for a new cable.
 
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