Installation of Lower Unit?

[Old'sCool]

My boat's on the trailer and not marina. My '96 Johnnyrude has had antiseize on the bolts since new with no problems. It may depend on the type.

[Fr. Frank]

On the trailer is usually okay. Most of the bad problems we saw were on boats using anti-seize and kept in the water year-round.

[nestorpr]

There's a short article on this in the new issuw of Boating magazine.

[77SceptreOB]

Anybody know how many foot / lbs of torque needed when tighten the lower unit bolts when reassembling the unit.

I have a torque wrench, just need to know how tight to crank them down. God forbid over torqueing them and stripping them!

[77SceptreOB]

Anybody know how many foot / lbs of torque needed when tighten the lower unit bolts when reassembling the unit.

Answer: 29 lb/ft (According to SEI's installation guideline)

[stumpie2]

thats about right, im trying to think about the yammie manual from school if i remember its in the neighborhood of 30-35 ft.lbs be sure to evenly tighten not to warp the mating surface.

[77SceptreOB]

Ok, mission complete. Thanks to everyone's help and the lower unit's mfg (SEI) online tutorial --- Installation was a breeze!! It took about 2 hours and went extremely well. Installed the unit on Sat. & tested it at the lake Sun. All ran perfectly.

On to the next project - Carb(s) redo. (see current post)