Remove Slide Assembly

The slide assembly can be removed from the manifold assembly without disassembling the manifold sections.

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1-Lock Nut
2-Pin
3-Manifold Gate


4-Slide End Seal
5-Rod


6-Manifold Gate
7-Handle


8-Bushing
9-Quad Ring Seal

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1. Loosen the front cap screw (A) and remove the rear cap screw (B) for left-hand slide stop bracket (C).


A-Front Cap Screw
B-Rear Cap Screw
C-Slide Stop Bracket

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2. Remove left-hand and right-hand air control housings (A).

3. Remove left-hand and right-hand air control caps (B) by prying slide away from the mounting plate in order to drop 3 mm (0.118 in.) for clearance from seal; then sliding through end opening in mounting plate.


A-Air Control Housing
B-Air Control Caps

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4. Remove lock nuts (A) from the right-hand ends of the slide rods.

5. Remove slide handle, two bushings with quad ring seals, and slide end seal from the right-hand end of the slide.

6. Reinstall the two bushings on the slide rods.

7. Gently pull the slide assembly out from the left-hand side of the manifold.

8. Clean slide and coat with DuPont KRYTOX ™ WDL-10A Coating Lubricant or similar lubricant to minimize product build-up.

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A-Lock Nuts

KRYTOX is a trademark of E.I. DuPont, DeNemours and Co. Inc.

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NOTE: Ensure that slide end seal is seated between manifold gate and bushing as illustrated.

Ensure quad ring seals fit in the provided grooves of the top and bottom portions of the valve assemblies.

Position the slide midway between top-shoot and bottom-shoot positions before reassembling the valve assembly.

Do not over tighten the hardware when installing the bottom portion of the valve assembly.

9. Reverse process to install slide back in manifold.

IMPORTANT: Excess torque on slide hardware can result in slide end seal being unseated on slide assembly.

10. Tighten hardware to specification.

Specification

Slide Hardware -Torque 1.0 N·m  (8.8 lb-in.)

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