Propeller Shaft Assembly; Component Reassembly - Mercury 225 EFI Service Manual

LEFT HAND NON-RATCHETING

Propeller Shaft Assembly

Component Reassembly

IMPORTANT: The appearance of the forward and reverse gear is almost identical.
The forward gear has a shorter hub and is slightly smaller in diameter.
a -
1. Assemble the sliding clutch on the propeller shaft, being sure to align cross pin holes
in the clutch with the slot in the propeller shaft. Make sure that the sliding clutch is
placed on the propeller shaft with the grooved end of the clutch facing the propeller
end of the shaft.
2. Assemble the reverse gear onto the propeller shaft.
3. Assemble the shift spool assembly to the propeller shaft being sure to align the cross
pin hole of the shift spool shaft with the clutch slot.
a
b
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d -
Page 6B-80
a
FORWARD
3.75 (9.5cm)
Shorter Hub
Propeller Shaft
Sliding Clutch
Reverse Gear
Shift Spool Assembly
REVERSE
4 (10.2cm)
d
c
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90-884294 OCTOBER 2001