Merc 85hp o/b torque spec question

[TheGeek]

Howdy, So I'm the final stages of a rebuild on a 1973 Mercury 850 o/b and I been looking everywhere for the torque specs for the flywheel bolts, the 8 or so that hold it to the pulley on top of the crank. It doesn't say in the manual or in the seloc service manual. Does anyone know the value or where I could find it?

Thank you!

 

[Scott Danforth]

throw the seloc manual away.

look in the factory manual

if you want to look them up on-line

Boatinfo - boat brochures and manuals for boats and marine engines!

 

[racerone]

Normally those bolts do not need to be removed.---And no idea why someone would.-------Make sure you get it back in the correct position.----Then torque the to 150 inch lbs.

 

[Chris1956]

Put blue locktite on those bolts as well as the distributor pulley cover bolt.

Racerone, it is convenient to remove those 8 bolts to access the stator, replace the drive belt or when rebuilding the motor. It saves the use of a puller on the inner flywheel.

 

[jimmbo]

Plus an 88% chance of puttiing it back together wrong

 

[Chris1956]

If it is put back together wrong, your timing will show 360/8 (45*) off. If you cannot detect that, you have other issues.