NON-BIGFOOT GEAR HOUSING
Page 6A-3990-828631R3 MARCH 1999
Pinion Gear/Drive Shaft Assembly
1. Clean pinion nut and pinion nut threads of drive shaft with Loctite Primer T.
2. Position pinion bearing into race while installing drive shaft and pinion gear into housing.
3. Apply Loctite 271 to pinion nut threads.
4. Install new pinion nut, with rounded corners FACING pinion gear, onto drive shaft.
Models
Drive Shaft Holding Tool
4-Stroke
Mercury/Mariner
25, 30/40, and 45/50
91-83180M
2-Stroke
Force
40/50
Mercury/Mariner
30/40, 40/50
91-825196
5. Using Drive Shaft Holding Tool to hold drive shaft, torque pinion nut to specified torque.
52864
7
7
Loctite “271” (92-809819)
a
b
c
d
a-Pinion Nut
b-Pinion Gear
c-Pinion Bearing
d-Drive Shaft Holding Tool
Pinion Nut Torque
50 lb-ft (67.8 Nm)
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