Final Assembly - Vetus BOW28548D Bedienungshandbuch Und Einbauanleitung

5.3

Final assembly

• Check again dimension 'H' .
• Make sure that the key (1) is properly positioned in the keyway of
the shaft.
• Grease the shaft with 'outboard gear grease'*) and install the pro-
peller (2) with the lock washer (3) and the hexagonal nut (4).
• Secure the nut by bending the tag of the washer.
• Fit the zinc anode (5) to the propeller shaft by means of the bolt
(6)
The propeller should run a minimum of 1.5 mm (
thrust tube wall, all round.
• Grease the input shaft with an installation compound, like 'Mo-
lykote® G-n plus'
• Fit the flexible coupling to the input shaft of the tail piece and
secure the coupling with the locking screw.
• Grease the shaft of the electric motor with an installation com-
pound, like 'Molykote® G-n plus' .
• Grease the threads of the fastenings bolts with 'outboard gear
grease'*) and install the electric motor to the intermediate flange.
Use one of these bolts to fasten the relay support as well.
• 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.
vetus® Operation manual and installation instructions bow thruster BOW28548D
M16
20 - 25 Nm
(15 - 18 ft.lbf )
5
1 / ") free of the
16
H = 49 - 50 mm
(1 15 / "- 2 1 /
16
24
1
2
3
4
Outboard Gear
6
M6 5
M8
12 - 15 Nm
Molykote® G-n plus
Outboard Gear
Molykote® G-n plus
ENGLISH
")
8
Grease
5 - 6 Nm
(3.7 - 4.4 ft.lbf )
4
M8 6
12 - 15 Nm
(9 - 11 ft.lbf )
Grease
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