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Installation

1) Apply Yamaha Marine grease A (water-resistant grease) to the propeller -shaft.

2) Slide the propeller over the propeller- shaft.

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Be sure to install the thrust washer before installing propeller, otherwise, lower case and propeller boss may be damaged.

3) Tighten the propeller nut to the specified torque.

 

 

Tightening torque:

 

 

Refer to “SPECIFICATIONS” page 4-1.

 

 

 

 

 

4) Align the propeller nut with the pro-

 

 

peller shaft hole. Insert a new cotter

 

 

pin in the hole and bend the cotter pin

 

 

ends.

 

 

NOTE:

 

 

 

When the propeller nut does not align

 

 

with the propeller shaft hole after tighten-

 

 

ing to the specified torque, then tighten it

 

 

more to align the hole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Be sure to use a new cotter pin and bend

 

 

the ends over securely. Otherwise, the

 

 

 

 

propeller could come off during operation

 

 

and be lost.

 

 

 

 

 

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