Honda BF5A Owner's Manual page 60

SERVICING YOUR OUTBOARD MOTOR
Installation
COTTER PIN
1. Install the shear pin and the
propeller, then install the propeller
cap finger tight.
2. Be sure to replace the cotter pin
with a new one.
Use a Honda Genuine stainless
steel cotter pin or equivalent cotter
pin and bend the pin ends as
shown.
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Spare shear pins and cotter pins are
provided in the engine compartment
(p. 40 ).