bigboat28

How many lbs of torque do you tighten the transom assembly nuts to on the inner transom assembly?
Thanks

fastdonzi

Good question.... If its a wood transom 20 ft lbs. You can come back 1/2 hr later and it'll take another full turn to get that 20 ft lbs again. Since the wood squishes over time you can keep doing it over and over.... But the 1st 20 will be fine ( for Bravos & alphas)

bigboat28

It is a mercruiser speedmaster III. I torqued the 8 nuts to 30lbs, hope it is correct.

Unlimited jd

iTrader: (5)

Bravo spec is 35 iirc. I just did mine to where it felt good. Maybe 45 or so

TeamSaris

Stick with the Merc spec, they crack fairly easily when over tightened.

bigboat28

So is spec for speedmasters 35lbs? I googled it and cant find anything other than one link talked about 25lbs.

s022mag

Glad to see your using the google search engine I told you about

Roger 1

The Mercury manual states...."Tighten elastic stop nuts evenly by hand and torque to 50 lb. ft.".

spazboz

iTrader: (2)

Yep. Just opened my 1995 manual and it also states 50lbs for III's and V's.

bigboat28

Thank you