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Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd.
2014 John Deere WS Swather
Operator’s Manual and Reference Guide
Tightening O-ring Fittings
• Inspect O-ring and seat for dirt or obvious defects.
• On angle ttings, back the lock nut off until washer bottoms out at top of groove.
• Hand tighten tting until back-up washer or washer face (if straight tting) bottoms on face
and O-ring is seated.
• Position angle ttings by unscrewing no more than one turn.
• Tighten straight ttings to torque shown.
• Tighten angle ttings to torque shown while holding body of tting with a wrench.
O-ring Fitting Values
OD Thread Nut Size Torque Value Torque Value Flats to
Tighten
Turns to
Tighten
Inches Inches Nm Lb-ft - -
3/8 1/2 8 6 2 1/3
7/16 9/16 12 9 2 1/3
1/2 5/8 16 12 2 1/3
9/16 11/16 24 18 2 13
3/4 7/8 46 34 2 1/3
7/8 1/2 62 146 1-1/2 1/4
1-1/16 1-1/4 102 75 1-1/2 1/6
1-3/16 1-3/8 122 90 1-1/2 1/6
1-5/16 1-1/2 142 105 3/4 1/8
1-5/8 1-7/8 190 140 3/4 1/8
1-7/8 2-1/8 217 160 1/2 1/12
The torque values shown are based on lubricated connections as will be found in
reassembly.
NOTE!
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