15
Do’s
Handle with care - The pump can be
damaged by common steel tools.
Disassemble the pump in a clean area
and keep the area clean during
maintenance.
Cover the workbench with a clean cloth
or with paper towels.
Change the towels on the bench as
necessary to ensure the area is clean
during maintenance and assembly.
Keep prying and scraping tools and
hammers used on C-9000 product
separate from those used for other
maintenance tasks
Pry only with clean, new brass or
plastic tools and pry in designated
areas only.
Tap lightly with clean plastic or rubber
hammers.
Lubricate the threads on screws and
bolts with an anti-seize compound or
with molybdenum disulfide grease.
Tighten the bolts with torque wrenches
to the specified torque.
Tighten the bolts in a crossing pattern.
Avoid touching the bearings with any
hard object.
Use the seal installation tool provided
when reassembling the pump.
Clean the pump with water and
approved liquid solvents. “Soft”
abrasive cleansers are acceptable
(kitchen and bath cleansers that won’t
scratch.)
Don’ts
Don’t
pry, tap, scratch, scrape or
otherwise work on the pump or its
components with steel tools.
Don’t
assume that because it is steel you
can’t damage the pump in handling.
Don’t
work on the pump in a dirty area.
Don’t
work on a bench which is not
covered. Hard particles imbedded in
the bench can cause damage to the
pump parts.
Don’t
use dirty or damaged tools, or
those that might have hard particles
imbedded in them.
Don’t
use steel prying tools.
Don’t
pry with edges or corners of
the tool.
Don’t
pry with broken or damaged tools.
Don’t
tap with steel tools or hammers.
Don’t
use hammers with imbedded
particles in the hammer faces. Use
clean, new tools.
Don’t
assemble the pump without
lubricating the bolt threads.
Don’t
tighten the bolts without using a
torque wrench.
Don’t
tighten the bolts all the way in the
first attempt, and don’t tighten them in
a circular order.
Don’t
attempt to remove the bearings
from the plates. The bearings can
be easily broken and the plates
damaged in the process.
Don’t
attempt to install the seal without the
seal installation tool and instructions.
Don’t
clean the pump using abrasives
or by bead or sand blasting.
Don’t
burn the pump out in a furnace.
