Drive Shaft Housing Disassembly/Reassembly - Mercury 40 Service Manual

Drive Shaft Housing
Disassembly/Reassembly
Servicing components such as steering arm, drive
shaft housing, exhaust assembly and swivel bracket
will usually require powerhead and/or gear housing
removal.
Refer to SECTION 4 for powerhead removal and
SECTION 6A for gear housing removal.
The transom bracket, lower mount bracket, tilt tube
and lower engine mounts can be serviced without
powerhead/gear housing removal. However, OUT-
BOARD MUST BE SUPPORTED BEFORE SERV-
ICING COMPONENTS.
5A-10 - MID-SECTION
WARNING
Failure to support outboard as shown could re-
sult in personal injury and/or damage to out-
board or boat.
a
b
c
a - Hoist
b - Rope
c - Lifting Eye (91-90455)
IMPORTANT: All gaskets should be replaced
when removing powerhead and/or disassem-
bling drive shaft housing. Corresponding gasket
mating surfaces should be cleaned of any gasket
material before installing new gaskets.
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90-852572R1 JANUARY 1998