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9. Press the front thrust bushing into the bushing carrier, leading with the tapered edge, until it bottoms out.
10. Press the rear radial bushing into the bushing carrier, leading with the tapered edge. The bushing is in its proper location
when the rear face of the bushing is flush with the nearest bushing carrier face.
INSTALL REAR RADIAL BUSHING
11. Press the rear thrust bushing into the bushing carrier, leading with the tapered edge, until it bottoms out.
12. Loosely install bushing carrier back into the rotor assembly.
13. The connection between the bushing carrier and the rotor head is a slight interference fit. Insert the three (3) bushing
carrier bolts and evenly tighten them in small increments to pull the bushing carrier into the rotor head. Extreme caution
must be taken to ensure the bushing carrier is properly aligned in the rotor assembly before tightening the bushing carrier
bolts.
14. Torque bushing carrier bolts to 58 N•m (43 ft-lb) for cast iron and carbon steel pumps, and 50 N•m (37 ft-lb) for stainless
steel pumps.