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4 • b, Ection, Ilge – Baja Marine Performance 342 User Manual

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4.4

342 Performance

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4 • B

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ear

f. Install the thrust washer, propeller, continuity

washer, thrust hub, propeller nut retainer and

the propeller nut onto the shaft (figure 4.3.3).

g. Place a block of wood between the gear case

and the propeller (figure 4.4.1) and torque the

propeller nut to recommended manufacturer’s

specifications. The correct propeller nut torque

is given in your Engine Operator’s Manual in

the Owner’s Manual Packet.

h. secure the propeller nut by bending three (3)

of the tabs of the propeller nut retainer into the

thrust hub grooves (figure 4.4.2).

P

roPeller

(f

ig

. 4.4.1)

gEaR CasE

WOOD BlOCk

P

roPeller

(f

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. 4.4.2)

sECURIng TaBs