Install the suction sideplate – Goulds Pumps 3180-86 - IOM User Manual

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Install the suction sideplate

WARNING:
Sideplates are heavy. Use the proper support to avoid personal injury.

NOTICE:
Ensure that the gasket is not pinched between the sideplate outer diameter and bore in the casing or the
sideplate will not seat properly.

This procedure only applies to the open impeller and Shearpeller

TM

.

1. Install the sideplate studs (356E).
2. Install the gasket (360P) on the sideplate studs (356E).
3. Lubricate and fit the O-ring (412C) in the sideplate groove.
4. Align the sideplate studs (356E) with the casing holes, and install the sideplate (176).

Tap the sideplate with a block of wood to assist seating the O-ring in the casing bore.

5. Install the hex nuts (357A) on the sideplate studs (356E) and tighten in a crossing pattern.

Install the casing wear ring (S, M, L, and XL enclosed impeller)

This procedure applies to the maintenance of an enclosed impeller.
1. Install the wear ring (164) in the casing.
2. If necessary, locate, drill, and tap three new setscrew holes, spacing them equally between the ring and

the ring-seat area.

3. Install the setscrews and upset threads.

Maintenance

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