Vetus BOW4512D - Final assembly

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vetus® Operation manual and installation instructions bow thrusters BOW4512D
M8
12 - 15 Nm
6
Molykote® G-n plus
Outboard Gear
Grease
(9 - 11 ft.lbf )
M6
2 Nm
10
Outboard Gear
Grease
(1.5 ft.lbf)
The propeller should run a minimum of 1.5 mm (
1
/
16
”) free of the
thrust tube wall, all round.
4.3 Final assembly
• Grease the propeller shaft with ‘outboard gear grease’ and install
the propeller.
• Slide the exible coupling onto the output spindle of the electric
motor as far as necessary to allow the end of the output spindle
(A) and the underside of the ange (B) to become aligned.
• Tighten the lock-screw (C).
• Grease the input shaft with an installation compound, like ‘Mo-
lykote® G-n plus’.
• Grease the threads of the fastenings bolts with ‘outboard gear
grease’ and install the electric motor to the intermediate ange.
• For a rst check, turn the propeller by hand, it should turn easily,
whilst being connected to the output spindle of the electric mo-
tor.
M5
3 Nm
2.5
(2.2 ft.lbf )
ENGLISH