PAGE 22 — J36/B46-M30 SERIES WALK-BEHIND TROWELS • OPERATION MANUAL — REV. #1 (11/17/17)
Throttle Cable Installation
1. Uncoil the throttle cable and housing.
2. Make sure the throttle cable is fed through the tube on
the underside of the handle and secured to the upper
handle and main tube with zip ties.
3. Place the throttle lever (Figure 7) in the RUN position.
Figure 7. Throttle Lever (Run)
4. Loosen the cable housing clamp screw and the swivel
stop screw (Figure 8).
Figure 8. Throttle Cable Installation
NOTICE
If additional handlebar adjustment is desired, a trowel
handle wedge kit (P/N 2576) can be purchased from
your Multiquip dealer.
The wedges are placed between the handle and
the gearbox, which will move your handle operating
position approximately 3 inches (76 mm) up or down.
The kit comes complete with wedges, new bolts, and
installation instructions.
RUN
THROTTLE
LEVER
CABLE
END
SWIVEL
STOP
ADJUSTER
NUT
SWIVEL
STOP HOLE
CLAMP
SCREW
CABLE
HOUSING
CLAMP
CABLE
HOUSING
END
THROTTLE
CABLE
RETURN
SPRING
SET-UP
5. Place the primary throttle return spring between
the cable housing clamp and the swivel stop screw
(Figure 8).
6. Feed the cable assembly through the cable housing
clamp, return spring, and swivel stop hole, until the
cable housing extends under the housing clamp to its
far edge (Figure 8).
7. On the throttle lever, slightly loosen the locking nut and
cable retaining screw (Figure 9).
Figure 9. Adjusting Cable Tension
8. Make sure the throttle cable is seated in the throttle
cable receiver (Figure 9).
9. Route the throttle wire approximately 1/2 inch past
the cable retaining screw (Figure 9). Tighten the cable
retaining screw to secure the throttle wire.
10. Adjust cable tension as needed by loosening or
tightening the locking nut and cable retaining screw
on the throttle lever (Figure 9).
IDLE
RUN
THROTTLE
LEVER
LOCKING
NUT
THROTTLE CABLE
RECEIVER
CABLE
RETAINING
SCREW
CABLE
THROTTLE
WIRE
NOTICE
If the throttle lever does not return to the neutral
position with the throttle backed off, loosen the adjusting
nut 1/2 turn at a time, tighten, and recheck. Readjust
throttle tension as necessary.
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