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Installation
Flange Connections
The fluid inlet and outlet ports are 1” raised face flanges.
Connect 1” flanged plastic pipe to the pump as follows.
You will need:
•
Torque wrench
•
Adjustable wrench
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One 4.25” diameter, 1/8” thick PTFE gasket, with
four 0.62 diameter holes and a 1.15” diameter
center
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Four 1/2” x 2.5” bolts
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Four 1/2” spring lockwashers
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Eight 1/2” flat washers
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Four 1/2” nuts.
1. Place a lockwasher and a flat washer on each bolt.
Refer to Fig. 3.
2. Align the holes in the gasket and the pipe flange
with the holes in the pump flange.
3. Lubricate the threads of the four bolts. Install the
bolts through the holes and secure with the washers
and nuts.
4. Hold the nuts with a wrench. Refer to the tightening
sequence in Fig. 3 and torque the bolts to 10 to 15
ft-lb (14 to 20 N-m).
Do not Over-torque.
BOLT TIGHTENING SEQUENCE
KEY
A
Flanged plastic pipe
B
PTFE gasket
C
Bolt
D
Lockwasher
E
Flat washer
F
Nut
R
1”fluid inlet flange
S
1” fluid outlet flange
E
F
S
B
A
E
D
C
R
3
1
4
2
Torque to 10 to 15 ft-lb (14-20 N-m).
Do not over-torque.
1
1
1
Fig. 3