Service Manual

ISB, ISBe and QSB (Common Rail [...] Engine Drive Shaft
Section 16 - Mounting Adaptations - Group 16 Page 16-61
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Check the vertical alignment:
• Rotate both tools 90 degrees so they are
perpendicular to the ground.
Read the angles of the pod and engine where the lines
cross the scales at the free end of the blades. This gives
the operator the vertical angles of the engine and pod.
The readings on both scales should be very close to the
same.
Vertical Alignment: 2 degrees ± 1 degree.
Drive shafts 254 mm [10 in]:
• Check the horizontal alignment of the pod and engine
read the angle where the tool center lines cross the
scale at the free end of the blades.
Move the engine side to side to get as close to “0”
degrees as possible on the pod and engine ends.
Horizontal Alignment: 0 degrees ± 1/2 degree.
Rotate both tools 90 degrees so they are perpendicular to
the ground.
Check the vertical alignment of the engine and pod:
• Read the angle where the tool center lines cross the
scales at the free ends of the blades.
Adjust
Marine Applications
Adjust the engine mounts to get as close to 2 degrees as
possible on both the engine and pod ends.
The readings on both scales should be very close to the
same.
Vertical alignment: 2 degrees ± 1 degree.