Forward Gear Bearing - Mercury 5 SERIES Service Manual

2. Drive lower drive shaft needle bearing into gear housing, using bearing removal/installa-
tion tool.
a
b
c

Forward Gear Bearing

1. Install forward gear ball bearing (numbered side of bearing toward tool) using driver rod
and mandrel.
a
b
c
90-857138R1 MAY 2000
c
- Lower Drive Shaft Needle Bearing: Installed on End of Driver Rod
- Guide Bushing: Seated in Water Pump Cavity of Gear Housing
- Driver Rod: Tap in with Hammer Until Head of Driver Rod Seats Against Guide
Bushing
c
a
- Forward Gear Ball Bearing
- Driver Rod
- Mandrel
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b
a
91-84529M
b
91-84532M
GEAR HOUSING
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