vetus®
Operation manual and installation instructions bow thrusters BOW9512D and BOW9524D
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PH2
Outboard Gear
Grease
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The propeller should run a minimum of 1.5 mm (
1
/
16
”) free of the
thrust tube wall, all round.
5.3 Final assembly
• Grease the propeller shaft with ‘outboard gear grease’*) and install
the propeller.
• Slide the flexible coupling onto the output spindle of the electric
motor as far as necessary to allow the end of the output spindle
(A) and the underside of the flange (B) to become aligned.
• Tighten the lock-screw (C).
• Grease the input shaft with an installation compound, like ‘Mo-
lykote® G-n plus’.
• Grease the threads of the fastenings bolts with ‘outboard gear
grease’ *) and install the electric motor to the intermediate flange.
• 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.
ENGLISH
M8
12 - 15 Nm
6
Outboard Gear
Grease
Molykote® G-n plus
(9 - 11 ft.lbf)
M5
3 Nm
2.5
(2.2 ft.lbf)