Specifications
Echion Operator Manual 810770 145
Install a gland nut
1. Put high-pressure antiseize lubricant on the gland nut threads, the threads inside the collar, and
on the cone and the threads on the high-pressure tube.
2. Put the gland nut on the high-pressure tube.
3. Put the collar on the high-pressure tube.
Make sure that some of the threads on the high-pressure tubing are visible at the fitting.
Incorrectly installed collar: The collar interferes with the seal surface.
Correctly installed collar: The seal surface is showing.
4. Push the high-pressure tube fully into the fitting.
5. Tighten the gland nut by hand.
6. Use a torque wrench to tighten the gland nut to the specified value.
Parts, tools, and materials
Open-ended wrench (refer to the Torque valu e table on page 144)
Torque wrench
High-pressure antiseize lubricant such as Blue Goop or PURE Goop
1 High-pressure tube 2 Gland nut
3 Collar