26 11 090 Removing And Installing/Replacing Front Centering Mount For Propeller Shaft

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Special tools required:

00 5 500 HANDLE FOR DRIFTS
11 1 310 , see Fig 1.
11 2 030 , see Fig 2.

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove propeller shaft .

Completely fill centering bore (1) with viscous grease.

Drive special tool 11 1 310 with a plastic hammer into centering bore, see Fig 1.

The centering mount (1) is forced out of the propeller shaft by the pressure on the grease filling.

If necessary, top up grease repeatedly.

NOTE: To drive out the mount, you can also fill the centering bore with water instead of grease.

Fig 1: Driving Special Tool 11 1 310 Into Centering Bore

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Installation:

Remove grease/water from mount bore.

Drive in centering mount (1) with special tools 11 2 030 and 00 5 500 into propeller shaft (observe protrusion), see Fig 2.

Grease centering mount.

Fig 2: Driving In Centering Mount Using Special Tools 11 2 030 & 00 5 500

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Installation:

Observe protrusion A = 4⁺² mm of centering (1).

Fig 3: Identifying Protrusion A

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