How to remove Whitlock/Lewmar engine kill switch handle

Feb 12, 2022
10
Westerly Fulmar Brudgeport
I’m taking apart my Whitlock Cobra (4?) pedestal. The last thing holding the top plate on is the handle for the fuel cut-off cable. Is there a way to remove the handle only, or do I have to disconnect and remove the whole cable?
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Jan 25, 2011
2,431
S2 11.0A Anacortes, WA
Looks like there is a nut below the cable signifying the shaft is threaded. Loosen the nut and the handle should just screw off..
 
Jan 4, 2006
7,018
Hunter 310 West Vancouver, B.C.
Exactly as Mr. @Mark Maulden has so eloquently described.

I recently installed a Teleflex stop cable :

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............... and that's exactly what I found. Note that the control end has a gland on it with an "O" ring to keep water out of the cable. Give it a touch of non-petroleum grease on the shaft every few years.