Mercury 225 EFI, Service Manual

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RIGHT HAND NON-RATCHETING
90-884294 OCTOBER 2001 Page 6A-33
PROPELLER SHAFT ASSEMBLY - Component Disassembly
NOTE: When accomplishing the next step, all of the parts are free to come apart. Work
closely over a work bench to ensure that the parts are not dropped or damaged and to
avoid personal injury
1. Remove the spring around the clutch being careful not to over-stretch it during remov-
al. If the spring does not coil back to its normal position once it has been removed,
it must be replaced.
2. Remove detent pin.
3. Remove the cross pin that goes through the clutch.
4. Remove the remainder of the components
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a
b
c
d
e
f
a - Spring
b - Cross Pin
c - Shift Spool Assembly
d - Forward Gear Assembly
e - Sliding Clutch
f - Detent Pin (hidden)
PROPELLER SHAFT ASSEMBLY - Component Inspection
1. Clean all the parts with a suitable solvent and dry the parts thoroughly using com-
pressed air, being careful not to spin bearings
2. Inspect the sliding clutch jaws for damage. Jaws must not be chipped or rounded off.
Replace the clutch if they are.
3. Inspect the bearing surfaces on the propeller shaft where the needles of the bearing
carrier needle bearing and the needles of the forward gear needle bearing roll. Re-
place the propeller shaft if it is pitted, grooved, scored, worn unevenly, discolored from
overheating, or has embedded particles.
a
b
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c
a - Bearing Carrier Needle Bearing Contact Area
b - Forward Gear Needle Bearing Contact Area
c - Splines