Mercury 225 EFI Service Manual page 373

Piston and Connecting Rod Reassembly
1. Place needle bearings on a clean piece of paper and lubricate with 2-4-C Marine Lubri-
cant with Teflon.
NOTE : There are 34 needle bearings per piston.
2. Place sleeve which is part of piston pin tool (91-92973A1) into connecting rod and install
needle bearings around sleeve as shown.
3. Place locating washers on connecting rod.
IMPORTANT: Position connecting rod part number facing towards flywheel.
Carefully position piston over end of rod. Make sure locating washers remain in place.
4. Insert piston pin tool (91-92973A1) and push sleeve out of piston. Keep piston pin tool
in piston.
5. Use a mallet and tap piston pin into piston and push piston pin tool out.
90-884294 OCTOBER 2001
a - Sleeve (Part of Tool Assy. 91-92973A1)
b - Locating Washers
b
a
55961
a - Piston Pin Tool
(91-92973A1)
b - Sleeve
a a
b a
d
POWERHEAD
55960
c
55962
c - Piston Pin
d - Piston Pin Tool
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