Disassembly

1. Remove cap bolts and lift the cap and guide tower vertically from the main body until the
guide tower disengages.
2. Remove the guide tower bolts and seats. Separate guide tower, tower flange and tower
seal from cap. Remove nipple and bushing from end of guide tower and spring, spacer
ring, wedge ring and taper rings: (where used from inside the guide tower.
!. "ift the bellows, seat, and guide assembly from the main valve. Remove guide bolt to
disassemble seat and guide from bellows. # he$ soc%et and e$tension is re&uired to reach
the loc% nut in the bottom or the guide tube. Separate the retainer plate and seat assembly
'rom the guide bolt and remove guide and seal.
(. Remove flat bend screws, retainer ring, secondary and primary seats.
Repair
1. #ll metal parts should be soa%ed and scrubbed in clean solvent. Dry with compressed air
or clean rag. Discard all soft goods (seats, seals, and gas%ets. #pply a light coat of
lubricant on all threads after cleaning.
2. )nspect the no**le for nic%s and scratches on the seal surfaces. )f damaged, surface with
fine sandpaper and polish with crocus cloth. +o**le may be removed from body to
facilitate rewor%. Discard and replace no**le if the refinishing procedure if ineffective.
,osition no**le seal and no**le in main valve body. )nstall soc%et head cap screws and
cross tor&ue (- to -- in. 1bs.
!. )nstall a new film seat by placing the film layer the seat plate with the edges of the film
e$tending beyond the outside diameter of the plate. ,lace the secondary seat on the film
and the retainer over the secondary seat. #lign the holes in the retainer with those in the
leaf plate and press the retainer down evenly over the seat plate ridge. "arger si*e valves
may re&uire that the retainer be pulled into place with the retainer screws. Start several
screws in opposite holes using the screws to pierce through holes in the film and tighten
one thread at a time.
+./0: /he film must be stretched tight and be free of wrin%les and scratches to insure
bubbletight seal. )nstall the remaining screws in the seat retainer, trim the e$cess film
from the outer diameter and cut a hole in center for the guide bolt.
#ssembly
1. )nstall the guide seal in the seat plate. ,lace guide bolt with seal through retainer disc and
seat plate. ,lace bellows on seal plate and insert guide in bellows over guide bolt. )nsert
loc% nut in deep soc%et install on guide bolt and tighten. .n 1 2through 122 si*e valves, a
loc% washer is used under loc% nut.
2. "ower bellows3seat assembly into valve body. ,lace cop gas%et on top of bellows, inside
of body counter bore.
!. #ssemble guide tower to cap in reverse or der of assembly. /or&ue flange bolts uniformly
to prevent tilting of guide tower with respect to surface of cap.
(. ,lace guide tower3cap assembly over bellows guide and lower until cop seats of with
gas%et within the counterbore provided in the body. )nstall cap bolts and cross tor&ue.
-. )nstall drag ring assembly around bellows guide in guide tower in se&uence shown in
'igure 2. /he wedge and taper rings must be fully seated in the bottom of the tower.
4hen properly assembled, these rings will be below the top of the bellows guide. )nstall
the spring and spacer in the tower. #pply a light coat of lubricant to the he$ bushing and
install in the guide tower. )t will be necessary to compress the spring to install the
bushing.