4-18EEMU00926Installing the PropellerCAUTION:@ Be sure to install the thrust washerbefore installing propeller, otherwise,lower case and propeller boss may bedamaged. Be sure to use a new cotter pin andbend the ends over securely. Other-wise, the propeller could come off dur-ing operation and be lost.@1) Apply Yamaha Marine grease or a corro-sion resistant grease to the propellershaft.2) Install the thrust washer and propelleron the propeller shaft.3) Install the washer and tighten the pro-peller nut.4) Align the propeller nut with the propellershaft hole. Insert a new cotter pin in thehole and bend the cotter pin ends.NOTE:@When the propeller nut does not align withthe propeller shaft hole after tightening it,then loosen the nut to align it with the hole.@
