Maintenance
Packing Ring Replacement
Removal
Packing
Gland
Shaft
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Packing
Hooks
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•Unfasten hardware holding Packing Gland in place and slide back on shaft to expose packing rings.
•Remove packing rings from Stuffing box using two commercially available Packing Hooks as shown.
•Slide Lantern Ring (if used) back to expose any remaining rings, including metallic. Remove them in the same manner.
Installing New Rings
Stagger ring joints 90 degrees apart
Packing Rings
Shaft
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Metallic Ring
Lantern Ring
•Clean shaft sleeve and Packing Gland.
•Inspect shaft sleeve for wear, replace if needed.
•Install new packing rings in stuffing box by placing over shaft sleeve and pushing them in as far as they will go.
•Rotate ring joint 90 degrees when installing each ring as shown.
•Slide packing gland into position, then gently and evenly tighten nuts to force rings into place and seat (do not overtighten). Loosen nuts again to hand tight.
•Start primed pump and allow packing to leak liberally.
•Tighten gland nuts one complete turn each until leakage is reduced to 40 to 60 drops per minute.
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