Johnson 25 Maintainence Questions.

[DJD775]

I own a 2002 25hp 2stroke Johnson and have 2 maintainence questions.<br /><br />1) How do you torque the the lower bolts on the head. Can't fit my torque wrench in there. Do you use a small torque wrench or a crows foot?<br /><br />2) The grease fitting on the shift shaft will not accept any grease. I checked the fitting itself and it is fine, any other suggestions?

 

[llfish]

Re: Johnson 25 Maintainence Questions.

Try a crows foot. Take the grease fitting out and shoot grease through it. If that does not work then you probable have dried out contaminated grease in the socket. In that case you will need to dig it out.

 

[DJD775]

Re: Johnson 25 Maintainence Questions.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

[Paul Moir]

Re: Johnson 25 Maintainence Questions.

1) You're going to need to put some sort of an extension on your torque wrench. I usually end up using a monkey wrench, but a crow's foot would work well too. Either way, you're going to have to recalculate the torque setting on the wrench.<br /><br />Grab this windows program:<br />Torque Calculator<br />Before attempting to use it, have a look under "Torque Tips->When to use the Extension Calculator"<br /><br />It's important to understand what to measure. Try it on a test fastener till you get a feel for it.

 

[ehenry]

Re: Johnson 25 Maintainence Questions.

When trying to grease the shaft try working the shaft back and fourth while pumping the grease gun. Thats always worked for me.

 

[DJD775]

Re: Johnson 25 Maintainence Questions.

Thanks for the posts guys.