Ron Olson

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The throttle cable should be easy to replace if you need to, just hit your local hobby shop and they should have it made by Sullivan or Du-Bro.
Your end point adjustments may be off on the transmitter allowing it to move too far especially when shutting down the engine as shown by the bent throttle cable. Try loosening the cable at the set screw holding the cable at the carb end shown right there in your picture then pull the cable snug but not tight before tightening the screw back down to take up the slack. Check throw on your servo and set your neutral trim to where (with the radio system on) you have idle speed. Pull to make sure you have full throttle then push the trigger to see if the carb fully closes yet has no slack in the cable. If it does then re-adjust the cable.

mistycreekboats

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The biggest problem with that cable set up is it's hard to get a full range or carb movement from that side of carb

if you look at this it's a video of some boats I built for local hobby shop - they sell Pro Boat so wanted their hulls with Pro Boat parts

I changed thottle servo [position in box now so it pulls from the front of servo box not the side like stock

then reposition cable on rear or cylinder head (use a Bonzi Thottle kit and arm for 813 and it will all fit) now it will pull from other side of carb and give you a full range of thottle arm movement and way smoother

here is vid

http://youtu.be/EmFp73hhkus


bz cable http://bonzisports.com/store/product...roducts_id=188


With the parts u have now I think if u reposition thottle servo - u will only need a small cable clamp for rear of head and a carb arm (like in BZkit) everything else u already have in the stuff now

wakeskater02

Randy, that is exactly the pieces I am going to order, BZ has a whole kit that comes with everything there.  My problem is moving the standard servo.  Because of the two High Torque servos for steering, the stuffing box is very crampt. 



It is almost like I have to have to standard servo flat as it is.  With the configuration that I currently have it seems impossible to change the configuration of that servo.  I am going to order the throttle cable and see what else I need from there.  I wonder if I need the BZ long assembly, or the BZ standard assembly?

mistycreekboats

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Looks like you have enough room to just take thottle servo arm off and rotate it 90 degrees and just move boot - so cable will pull from front of box you can use same set up and just add the carb arm

Boat looks nice

wakeskater02

I guess I could try that.  What should I use to fill the "Other" hole in the stuffing box with?  Maybe an easy dab of Silicone?  Or should I glass it over?  I also, took out the boost bottles, so I no longer have them in the way.  I would imagine that If I moved the servo arm, I could probably run the short throttle cable as well.

mistycreekboats

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Couple daps of white paint over old hole - i would glass it if I had stuff available.or even little JB Weld dapped over some backingplate (maybe a dime wouldbe about right sizefor a little backing plate) And ya maybe short cable .......

See this stuff ain't so hard ............

Rsat

If you can afford it I would strongly reccomend that you ditch the pro boat steering set up entirely. The boat will handle quite well with a single rudder and servo set up. I used the Bonzi Radio box and I was able to utilize one of the transom holes to exit the hull with the new rudder control rod. The other hole i glassed closed. I tried to enjoy this boat for a couple of seasons using the stock box and hardware Both items were a constant source of frustration. The steering is definitely the "weak link" in the equation here and In my opinion using it in any capacity puts you at risk of some type of malfunction down the road.

wakeskater02

Yea, whatever I do I want to make it look super clean. My boat now is ran super clean after taking off all the crap. I got rid of the boost bottles, got rid of the water pump, got rid of all the excess water and vacuum lines and changed out the manifold plate to an aluminum plate and new gaskets.

As for changing the whole radio box, that is something that I just don't want to do on this boat. I am going to be getting the 60" Bonzi Skater soon, so this is just my "experimentation" boat until I get that one.

wakeskater02

So I haven't really worked on the boats too much. Next week I am going to order all new parts for my BJ55.

wakeskater02

So, I haven't really done too much since I last updated my thread. I did decide that I needed a couple new pieces for my boat as it wouldn't idle correctly. I just placed an order from Bonzi Sports with a bunch of new parts for my boat in the order.

I am hoping to figure out how to connect the new throttle cable to the backside of the carb rather than the front where the idle screw is. My package should arrive at my house on Friday and I am hoping to get working on my boat on Saturday. If I can get everything worked out, I would like to maybe take it out on Sunday to the local lake.

Here is the parts list that I ordered from Bonzi Sports....

BONZI Prop Nut
Piston Stop Tool (for Zenoah G260PUM & G231PUM, QD25)
1/4" Plastic Line Clamp
BONZI Throttle Cable Assembly (standard)
Water Line - Sold per foot
Water Jacket "O" Ring - Large
Water Jacket "O" Ring - Small
BONZI Exhaust Cooling Ring - v. 2.0

wakeskater02

So, I haven't been on here in a while.  We have made a bunch of progress on both of our boats.

MHZEE

THAT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT BOAT!  YOU SHOULD GO MAINSTREAM!

wakeskater02

wakeskater02

I think I am going to take my boat out this weekend.