Honda High Idle Lever

Tom on Icarus · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:16 pm Post subject: Honda High Idle Lever

My high idle lever for my Honda BF75 hp outboard does not want to stay up in the elevated position when I want a high idle. It falls down to the bottom position on its own leaving me having to put a clothspin on it to hold it up.
My question to all of you is......Is there a screw or tensioning adjustment that I can make to stiffen it up so it will stay in the upper position?
Cheers Beer

Tom

lloyds · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:18 pm Post subject:

Good question. I have the same problem. Either 4000 or idle, nothing in between.

Notayot · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:50 pm Post subject:

Do you have the single lever control with the push-button to disengage the transmission shift, thereby using the main lever for fast idle? If so, the adjustment is accessed by removing the chrome base housing cover. I think the screws are near the base of the cover. The adjustment controls the throttle/shift lever and therefore not only holds the lever in the fast idle in neutral, but also during cruising. If your lever works its way back to idle while moving, this adjustment will cure that issue as well ans the neutral fast idle.

Hope this helps.

lloyds · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 3:52 pm Post subject:

On my shifter the fast idle is a dedicated lever, up for fast, down for off.

Tom on Icarus · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:06 pm Post subject:

There is a separate lever for high idle and when fully raised it activates the choke. When the lever is raised the main shifter and throttle control cannot be engaged.

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject:

If you take it apart, there IS an adjustment to make it hold its position.

Charlie

Tom on Icarus · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject:

Thanks Charlie

But what am I in for when I take it apart? I am afraid that....BOING!!........springs go flying and I am unable to get it back together properly. I can always get things apart......getting them back together is sometimes another matter.

Tom

lloyds · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:26 pm Post subject:

Ditto. I have twin 35's so that presents its' own set of challenges.

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject:

I had twin 45's and managed to do it. If I can, you can. I took apart many radios and clocks when I was younger, some of them went back together. I don't have any taken apart boats laying around (yet).

Charlie

lloyds · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:55 pm Post subject:

Kind of like the wifes' hair dryer that kept shutting off due to overheating caused by lint buildup. After putting it back together twice, last sunday I said enough and tossed it and bought a new one. The springs and buttons were just too frustrating.

Captains Cat · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject:

A hair dryer (or anything to do with a wife) is a whole lot more complicated than a Honda Shift Mechanism....

Wink

Charlie

lloyds · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject:

And don't get me started about the repercussions.

Ron Cowan · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:59 pm Post subject:

Have the same issue on my BF90 and started to take it apart but as I reached to turn the key off I noticed that the foam float on my key chain swings up perfectly to hold the lever up. Turns out it is just as easy to push the float out as it would be to push the lever down. Made a lot more sense to me to go for a ride than to tear into the lever. KISS !
Ron

Tom on Icarus · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a few of us have the same problem.
Although the clothspin or the float method of keeping the lever up do get the job done it would be nice to have it work the way it was intended to.
I will have a good look at it tomorrow to see if I think taking it apart will be easy.
Any further input will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Beer

Tom

BrentB · Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject:

What is the model number for the remote control box?
Then find the manual for instructions
for example it is easy to adjust a Yamaha 703 RCB using a screw driver