Vetus BOWB285 - 4.3 Final assembly

*) A suitable grease is VETUS ‘Shipping Grease’, Art. code: VSG.
The propeller should run a minimum of 1.5 mm (
1
/
16
”) free of the
thrust tube wall, all round.
4.3 Final assembly
• Check again dimension ‘H’.
• Grease the input shaft with an installation compound, like
‘Molykote® G-n plus’
• Fit the exible coupling to the input shaft of the tail piece and
secure the coupling with the locking screw.
• Grease the shaft of the electric motor with an installation com-
pound, like ‘Molykote® 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.
M6
4 - 5 Nm
3
Molykote® G-n plus
(3 - 3.7 ft.lbf )
M6
5
M16 24
20 - 25 Nm
5 - 6 Nm
1
2
3
4
5
6
Outboard Gear
Grease
(3.7 - 4.4 ft.lbf )
(15 - 18 ft.lbf )
H
H = 70 - 76 mm
(2
3
/
4
”- 3”)
• Make sure that the key (1) is properly positioned in the keyway of
the shaft.
• Grease the shaft with ‘outboard gear grease’ and install the propel-
ler (2) with the lock washer (3) and the hexagonal nut (4).
• Secure the nut by bending the tag of the washer.
• Fit the zinc anode (5) to the propeller shaft by means of the bolt
(6)
M10
20 - 25 Nm
17
Outboard Gear
Grease
Molykote® G-n plus
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Installation manual BOW PRO Series Thruster: BOWB285 - BOWB300 - BOWB320
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