Mercury 40 Service Manual page 494

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.
4-Stroke
Mercury/Mariner
2-Stroke
Force
Mercury/Mariner
5. Using Drive Shaft Holding Tool to hold drive shaft, torque pinion nut to specified torque.
a -
b -
c -
d -
90-828631R3 MARCH 1999
Models
25, 30/40, and 45/50
40/50
30/40, 40/50
c
b
7
a
Loctite "271" (92-809819)
7
Pinion Nut
Pinion Gear
Pinion Bearing
Drive Shaft Holding Tool
Pinion Nut Torque
50 lb-ft (67.8 Nm)
Drive Shaft Holding Tool
91-83180M
91-825196
d
52864
NON-BIGFOOT GEAR HOUSING
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