Throttle Friction Adjuster – Edison

Hi,
My throttle has started to slip a bit. If I set it for 2600 rpm, it will slip down to 2400 after a few minutes a hold there. A piece of string held it at 2600 for 2 hours the other day.  Is the slippage at the engine or in the pedestal? Is there an adjustment for movement of the throttle??

Thanks in advance.

Bob
Xanadu  C380 #243 Pelham, NY

 

The throttle cable does have an adjusting screw inside the pedestal, which would be the obvious fix for this. Unfortunately, in our case, the navpod is positioned so that the compass cannot be removed without removing the navpod for the chart plotter/radar. It can be done, but takes more than just  a few moments. The clamp my wife mentioned to you works great, is visible for inspection and only puts a small amount of pressure on the cable.

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