Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 287

8-28 LOWER UNIT
ASSEMBLING
1- Place the lower unit on the work
bench with the water pump recess facing
upward. Install a NEW a-ring into the shift
cavity. Work the bushing into place on top
of the O-ring with a punch and mallet.
Inject just a couple drops of oil into the
bushing and O-ring as an assist during instal-
lation of the shift rod.
2- Turn the exhaust
down. If the unit being serviced
Woodruff key, to secure the pinion gear to
the driveshaft, install the driveshaft through
the housing. Install the snapringinto the groove
near the end of the driveshaft,
Woodruff key, and finally the
gear onto the driveshaft. Lower the assembled
drives haft into place
housing. If the drives haft is the splined-
type, lower the pinion gear into place at this
time. The driveshaft will be installed later.
Assembling the Propetler Shaft
3- Slide the clutch dog onto the propel-
ler shaft splines. Apply a light coating of
lubricant to the washer and then insert it
into the center of the forward gear.
the forward gear onto the end of the propel-
ler shaft. Slide the forward gear bearing
onto the shaft and into the forward gear.
housing upside
uses a
and then the
the pinion
in the lower unit
Slide
4- Apply a light coating of lubricant to
the washer, and then
center of the reverse
verse gear onto the propeller shaft from the
propeller end. Check to be sure a new
ring and bearing seal has been installed into
the gear case head, and then install
gear case head assembly onto the propeller
shaft.
CRITICAL WORDS
Look into the front part of the lower
unit housing. Notice the pin protruding
from the housing.
the forward gear
propeller shaft assembly is installed into the
lower unit, this pin MUST index into the hole
Locating pins in the lower unit housing.
the forward gear bearing must index with the right pin
and the hole in the gearcase head bearing with the left
pin when the bearings are installed.
insert it into the
gear. Slide the re-
Now, observe the slot in
bearing. When the
A hole in
CD
0-
the
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