vetus®
Operation manual and installation instructions bow thruster BOW22024D
M8
12 - 15 Nm
6
Outboard Gear
Grease
Molykote® G-n plus
(9 - 11 ft.lbf)
M8
12 - 15 Nm
4
Molykote® G-n plus
M16
24
20 - 25 Nm
M6
5
5 - 6 Nm
1
2
3
4
5
6
Outboard Gear
Grease
H
H = 49 - 50 mm
(1
15
/
16
”- 2
1
/
8
”)
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• Make sure that the key (1) is properly positioned in the keyway of
the shaft.
• Grease the shaft with ‘outboard gear grease’*) and install the pro-
peller (2) with the lock washer (3) and the hexagonal nut (4).
• Secure the nut by bending the tag of the washer.
• Fit the zinc anode (5) to the propeller shaft by means of the bolt
(6)
5.3 Final assembly
• Check again dimension ‘H’.
The propeller should run a minimum of 1.5 mm (
1
/
16
”) free of the
thrust tube wall, all round.
• Grease the input shaft with an installation compound, like
‘Molykote® G-n plus’
• Fit the flexible coupling to the input shaft of the tail piece and
secure the coupling with the locking screw.
• Grease the shaft of the electric motor with an installation com-
pound, like ‘Molykote® G-n plus’.
• Grease the threads of the fastenings bolts with ‘outboard gear
grease’*) and install the electric motor to the intermediate flange.
Use one of these bolts to fasten the relay support as well.
• For a first check, turn the propeller by hand, it should turn easily,
whilst being connected to the output spindle of the electric mo-
tor.
*) A suitable grease is VETUS ‘Shipping Grease’, Art. code: VSG.
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