Figure 33:
The rotary portion of the seal is fastened to the impeller hub by set screws. Loosen set screws by
inserting a long Allen wrench into the tapped connection on the stuffing box. After loosening set
screws, proceed as follows:
(c-1) Loosen set screws in deflector and remove gland nuts. Slide gland and outboard stationary
seat assembly toward bearing frame.
(c-2) Remove bearing frame-to-stuffing box cover bolts.
(c-3) Remove impeller. Threads are right hand. Hold impeller by hand and use a strap spanner
wrench to unscrew shaft. The stuffing box cover, seal rotary, and impeller must be removed as a
unit.
(c-4) Remove stuffing box nuts and stuffing box.
(c-5) Remove rotary portion of seal from impeller hub. Do not damage seal faces.
(c-6) Remove impeller from stuffing box cover.
(c-7) Remove gland and outboard stationary seat assembly and deflector from shaft.
(c-8) Remove inboard stationary seat and gaskets from stuffing box cover.
(c-9) Refer to Step 3 for further instructions.
3.
Remove bearing housing bolts.
4.
Carefully slide shaft assembly out of bearing frame. On units with outside seals, make sure de-
flector does not bind on shaft or damage grease seal. The gland, rotary portion of seal drive col-
lar and deflector can be removed after shaft has been partially removed. Do not damage lapped
seal face.
5.
Remove bearing housing retaining ring. Use Waldes Truarc pliers (#5 or #25). Slide bearing
housing off shaft. Make sure there are no burrs on shaft which could damage grease seal.
6.
Remove shaft retaining ring. Use Waldes Truarc pliers (#2, 4, 22 or 24).
7.
Remove ball bearings using a bearing puller as shown in
8.4 Bearing removal on page 51
3Care must be taken to prevent damage to bearings. Never use a hammer to drive shaft through
bearings. Protect bearings from contamination.
6.3 Disassembly of pump
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