Mercury Optimax 115 Service Manual page 427

LEFT HAND NON-RATCHETING
Pinion Gear and Driveshaft
REMOVAL
1. Remove bearing retainer using Bearing Retainer Tool (91-43506).
a -
b -
2. Place Driveshaft Holding Tool (91-34377A1) over driveshaft splines.
3. Use a socket and flex handle to hold pinion nut. (Pad area of gear housing, where flex
handle will make contact, to prevent damage to gear housing.)
4. Use a socket and flex handle on Driveshaft Holding Tool to loosen pinion nut. Remove
pinion nut and Driveshaft Holding Tool.
5. Remove gear housing from vise and reposition it as shown. Be sure to use soft jaw
vise covers and clamp as close as possible to water pump studs.
6. Place a block of wood on gear housing mating surface. Use a mallet and carefully tap
gear housing away from driveshaft.
DO NOT strike gear housing hard with the mallet or allow gear housing to fall.
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b -
7. Reach into gear housing and remove pinion gear.
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b
a
Bearing Retainer
Bearing Retainer Tool (91-43506)
a
b
Wooden Block
Soft Jaw Vise Covers
51865
CAUTION
51878
90-855347R1 JANUARY 1999