Mercury 40 Service Manual page 503

5. Grease the upper seals and inside bore of the
bearing carrier to ease entry of the seal housing.
6. Install the thrust washer against the ball bearing.
7. Install spacer, and the upper seal housing being
careful not to damage the O-ring seals as they
pass the snap ring groove. Only finger pressure
should be necessary to push in the housing.
8. Install the beveled snap ring, beveled side facing
up into the ring groove. Make sure the snap ring
is fully seated into groove.
a - Snap Ring
b - Upper Seal Housing
c - Spacer
d - Thrust Washer
e - Bolts [Torque to 70 lb. in. (7.9 N·m)]
90-852572R1 JANUARY 1998
a
b
c
d
Bearing Carrier Installation
1. Install the bearing carrier into the jet drive. Se-
cure carrier in drive with 4 bolts. Torque bolts to
70 lb. in. (7.9 N·m).
2. Fill carrier with grease, using the grease gun sup-
plied with the jet drive. If using a hand lever gun,
pump very slowly so as to not build up internal
grease pressure and damage the seals or hous-
ing.
e
e
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