Mercury Optimax 115 Service Manual page 382

RIGHT HAND NON-RATCHETING
5. Press ball bearing onto gear with a suitable mandrel until firmly seated. (Be sure to
press only on inner race of bearing and that bearing is firm against gear.)
6. Apply a light coat of Quicksilver Super Duty Gear Lubricant onto outside diameter of
propeller shaft needle bearing.
7. Place propeller shaft needle bearing into aft end of bearing carrier with numbered side
toward aft end.
8. Use Mandrel 91-15755 and press needle bearing into bearing carrier.
a -
b -
c -
9. Apply Loctite 271 to outer diameter of propeller shaft oil seals.
10. Place one seal on longer shoulder side of Oil Seal Driver (91-31108) with lip of seal
away from shoulder. Press seal into bearing carrier until seal driver bottoms against
bearing carrier.
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b -
c -
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b
51873
Thrust Washer
Mandrel
Mandrel (91-15755)
c
Oil Seal (Lip of Seal Down)
Oil Seal Driver
Seated
a
b
a
51872
c
51872
90-855347R1 JANUARY 1999