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    Posted: June-18-2025 at 8:34am
I replace the throttle cable on an 86 Nautique, any tips for this would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Here's a link to your other thread


Have you figured out if it's the cable itself or the connector on the end?
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Pretty sure it’s a break in the cable itself. All the connections look good on both ends.
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Your boat most likely uses 17 ft throttle and shift cables.

That's kinda a hint to change them both and only go through the aggravation once Wink

You can pull the cable out from the engine compartment or pull it from under the dash, not much difference whichever direction you choose. Tape a rope or the new cable to the end of the old cable to make it easier to get the new cable run.

If it's never been changed, you'll probably find cable ties holding it to the steering cable and the wire harness running through the bilge. They did that to make your life miserable when it's cable changing time.

Along with doing both cables, changing the barrel connectors that connect the cable to the levers on the back of the shifter would be a good idea if they're worn at all

Taking the drivers seat out to allow for some room to lay down and work behind the gunnel is also a good idea.

Whether you do the swap with the controller in place or remove it, working quarters are tight.  

Click on the link below for some more info


Here's a video worth watching in the link below.


Your boat, unlike the American Skier in his video doesn't have the gunnel cutout on the top or the bottom cutout on the side to make removal of the controller easy. It's a lot harder on your boat and can involve partial disassembly behind the gunnel to be able to remove it.
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I cut and pasted this from the other thread you were asking questions in


Originally posted by KENO KENO wrote:

Umm........you should keep all your throttle cable questions in one thread

As a start, I'd take out the driver's seat to have more working room

You have 3 machine screws with nuts on the back holding the controller to the gunnel. You have to take all 3 out.....easier said than done. The back 2 are easy to access, but the front one is tough. I'd use a small open end wrench on the nut while you turn the screw. There's not much room to get a wrench in there when it's mounted to the gunnel.

After you get all 3, then shift your shifter till you're at the reverse detent. This gives you the most space to wiggle, twist and pull the whole controller out from the hole in the gunnel, 

Then you can be sitting there looking at how the cables hook to the 2 arms.

Take pictures, make drawings, write notes so you'll remember how to get it back together after you take the old cables off.

Here are some pictures of a controller that's a few years older than yours, but all the linkages etc. are the same

First one is the controller at the reverse detent position

Second one shows the working clearance that you have for the nut on the front machine screw,, but the gunnel takes up a lot of that clearance. You'll need an open end wrench like mentioned earlier. The nut isn't in the picture because the controller is out and on the workbench, but you'll find it.

Now you wiggle, twist and pull the controller backwards out of the hole in the gunnel that's just barely big enough to get it through. It takes just the right angle and a little luck to get it out. Then you'll see how the cables are hooked up.

Next two pictures show the backside of the controller and how the throttle cable fits into it's bracket. It goes to the lever with the T written on it.


Since these were pictures of extra parts on the workbench, the barrel connector isn't shown but you'll see it.

No pictures of the shift cable were taken but you'll see how it fits.
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Here's a picture of what to do with that front nut before you put it back together. 

Weld a handle on it and leave it long enough to stick down where you can get a grip on it so the machine screw can be tightened.

Next time you have to deal with removing the controller, you hold that little handle and unscrew the machine screw and life is so much easier.  Wink
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