MIE MODELS
SERVICE MANUAL NUMBER 30
Final Engine Alignment
IMPORTANT: Engine alignment MUST BE RECHECKED with boat in the water, fuel
tanks filled and with a normal load on board.
Engine must be aligned so that transmission and propeller shaft coupling centerlines are
aligned and coupling faces are parallel within .003 in. (0.07 mm). This applies to installations
with solid couplings as well as flexible couplings.
1.
Check mating faces on transmission output flange and propeller shaft coupler to make
sure they are clean and flat.
2.
Center propeller shaft in shaft log as follows:
a. Push down and then lift shaft as far as it will move. Then place shaft in the middle
of the movement.
b. Move shaft to port and then to starboard as far as shaft will move. Then place shaft
in the middle of the movement.
c. With shaft in the center of shaft log as determined by above procedures “a.” and “b.”
align engine to shaft.
Up
a
Starboard
d
b
Port
c
Down
72595
Typical Down Angle (V-Drive Similar)
INDEX
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