Mercury 15XD - Drive Shaft Housing Disassembly;Reassembly

CLAMP AND SWIVEL BRACKET
90-826883R2 JUNE 1998 Page 5-7
Drive Shaft Housing Assembly
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QTY. DESCRIPTION lb. in. lb. ft. N·m
1 1 SEAL--adaptor plate
2 1 ADAPTOR PLATE ASSEMBLY
3 1 GASKET--adaptor plate
4 2 SCREW (M6x1x20) 80 9.0
5 2 BRACKET--upper mount
6 1 EXHAUST TUBE (Part of Ref. #2)
7 1 HOUSING ASSEMBLY--water tube
8 1 SPACER--water tube
9 1 SEAL--water tube
10 2 SCREW (M5x.8x16) 35 4.0
1
1
1 WATER TUBE (SHORT SHAFT)
1
1
1 WATER TUBE (LONG SHAFT)
1 HOUSING ASSEMBLY (SHORT SHAFT) BLACK
1
HOUSING ASSEMBLY (LONG SHAFT)
12
1 HOUSING ASSEMBLY (SHORT SHAFT) GRAY
1
2
1 HOUSING ASSEMBLY (LONG SHAFT)
1 HOUSING ASSEMBLY (LONG) (TRACKER GRAPHITE GRAY)
13 1 GASKET--drive shaft housing
14 1 GASKET--idle relief cover
15 1 COVER--idle relief
16 1 SCREW--cover (1/4-20x1-1/4 IN.) Drive Tight
17 6 SCREW--drive shaft housing to block (M8 x 70) 20 27.1
18 6 WASHER--drive shaft housing screw
19 4 SCREW (M6x1x20) 85 9.6
1 TRIM COVER (BLACK)
20
1 TRIM COVER (GRAY)
2
0
1 TRIM COVER (TRACKER GRAPHITE GRAY)
Drive Shaft Housing Disassembly/Reassembly
Servicing components such assteering arm, drive shafthousing, exhaust assembly and
swivel bracket will usually require powerhead and/or gear housing removal.
Refer to SECTION 4 for powerhead removal and SECTION6 for gear housing removal.
Thetransombracket,lowermountbracket,tilttubeandlowerenginemountscanbeserv-
iced without powerhead/gear housing removal. However, OUTBOARD MUST BE SUP-
PORTED BEFORE SERVICING COMPONENTS.
IMPORTANT: All gaskets should be replaced when removing powerhead and/or
disassemblingdriveshafthousing.Correspondinggasketmatingsurfacesshould
be cleaned of any gasket material before installing new gaskets.