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Repair instructions
9. Coat the surfaces between the double bearing box
and the gear housing with sealing compound, Volvo
Penta part no. 1161099-5 or Permatex
®
no. 3.
Install the double bearing box with the universal joint
in the gear housing.
Coat the screws with thread locking compound, Volvo
Penta part no. 1161053-2 or Loctite
®
243 and tighten
them with a torque of 35 Nm (25.8 lb.ft.).
10. Install a sufficient number of shims underneath
the cover to obtain a clearance of max 0.1 mm
(0.004") between the cover and the gear housing. Lo-
cate the cover and push it lightly into position and
measure the clearance all around with a feeler gauge.
7. Measure the clearance between the nut and the
bearing. The axial clearance should be 0.1–0.5 mm,
0.00394–0.0197"). If it should not be possible to ob-
tain the correct clearance with any of the nuts, most
probably the bearing is defective.
8. Install the shims and the new O-ring on the double
bearing box.
