Evinrude 4906B 4HP 1969 Owner's Manual page 305

8-46 LOWER UNIT
ASSEMBLING
1- Place the lower unit on the work
bench with the water pump recess facing
upward. Install a NEW O-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 a-ring as an assist during instal-
lation of the shift rod.
2- Lower the pinion gear into the hous-
ing. Check to be sure it seats properly.
3- Lower the
retaining bracket into position and secure it
in place with the attaching screws.
4- Check to be sure the pinion gear is
properly located. Check to be sure the shift
rod is clean and smooth (free of any burrs or
corrosion). Coat the shift rod and the
ring with oil as an
aid
the rod down through the a-ring
shift
bushing into the gear case.
Assembling the Propeller Shaft
5- Apply a light coating of lubricant to
the washer, and then
center of the reverse gear.
verse gear onto the propeller shaft from the
propeller end. Install the thrust washer with
U-shaped pinion gear
to installation. Slide
insert it into the
Slide the re-
the babbitt side TOWARDS the reverse gear.
Install the snap ring, the bearing.
be sure a NEW seal and a-ring
installed into the seal retainer,
install the retainer.
Forward bearing (left)
bitt bearing.
babbitt bearing that is replaceable.
0-
and
a
with non-replaceable
Reverse bearing (right)
Check to
has been
and then
bab-
a
with sliding