Service Manual

InstallingtheHydraulicFittings
IMPORTANT
ThehydraulicttingsusedontheGreensPro1240haveBSPP
(BritishStandardParallelPipe)threadsforthehoseconnections,
andbothSAEandBSPPthreadsforthecomponentconnections.
ThehydraulicttingsusedontheGreensPro1260haveORFS
(O-RingFaceSeal)threadsforthehoseconnections,andboth
SAEandBSPPthreadsforthecomponentconnections.Payclose
attentiontothettingthreadtypeandthetypeofsealusedwhen
replacinghydraulictankttingsandseals,orcomponentdamage
andleakagemayoccur.
InstallingaNon-AdjustableFitting
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Figure16
1.Fitting
2.O-ringordowtyseal
1.Ensurethatallthethreads,thesealingsurfacesoftting,andthecomponent
portarefreeofburrs,nicks,scratches,orunwantedmaterial.
2.Tohelppreventahydraulicleak,replacetheO-ringwhenyouopenthe
connection.
3.LightlylubricatetheO-ringwithcleanhydraulicuid.Ensurethatthethreads
ofthettingarecleanwithnolubricantapplied.
IMPORTANT
Beforetighteningthetting,determinethematerialusedfortheport
thettingisbeinginstalledin.Installingattingintoanaluminum
portrequiresreducingtheinstallationtorque.
4.Installthettingintotheport,thenuseatorquewrenchandsockettotighten
thettingtotherecommendedtorquevaluewithinthespeciedrangeof
torquevalues;refertotheFittingInstallationT orqueTable(page5–16).
Note:Itmaybenecessarytouseadrive-adapterwrench(e.g.,crowfoot
wrench)toinstallahydraulictting;refertoCalculatingtheT orqueValues
WhenUsingaDrive-AdapterWrench(page2–5).
5.Ifatorquewrenchisnotavailableorifspaceattheportpreventstheuseof
atorquewrench,usetheFlatsFromFingerTight(FFFT)proceduregiven
below:
A.Installthettingintotheportandtightenthettingdownfulllengthuntil
nger-tight.
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