ATD Tools ATD-5002 User manual

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ATD‐5002

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INSTRUCTIONSFORPRIMINGGREASEGUNS

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Acommonoccurrencewithallgreaseequipmentistrappedairpocketsingrease.

Trappedaircauseszeroorreducedgreasedischarge.RemovingAirPocketsfrom

GreaseisreferredtoasPrimingorAirBleeding.

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ItishighlyrecommendedtoprimetheGreasegun,beforeit’susedforthefirsttime.

Also,anytimeinoperation,ifgreasestopscomingout,themostprobablecauseis

trappedairingrease.Followthebelowlistedstepstoremovetrappedair.

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1. OncetheGreasecartridgeisloadedintotheGreasecylinder,fastenthegrease

gunhead.Donotfullytightenthehead.Leaveat‐leastabout2‐3turnsasescape

passagefortrappedair

2. Slightlypullbacktheplungerrod&doingso,presstheLockLeverontheend

cap.Thiswillreleasetheplungerrod&itwillstarttomoveinsidethegrease

gun.Rotate&pushtheplungerrodinside,forcingoutalltrappedairingrease

fromthegapbetweenthegunhead&thecylinder.Pullbacktheplungerrod

again&repeattherotate&pushactionafewtimes

3. NowFullytightentheGreaseGunHeadontothecylinder

4. Startoperatingthe

greasegun.Greasewillstartflowingout.Keeprunningit,till

abubblefreeclearstreamofgreaseflowsout.Ifthisdoesnothappen,then

thereisstillsometrappedairingrease.Repeatabovestepstoonceagainbleed

thegun

5. Oncealltrappedairisforcedoutofthegrease,connecttheextension&coupler

tothegunoutlet.Useathreadsealantforaleak‐proofconnection

6. Onceagainoperatethegun,tillgreasestartscomingoutofthegreasecoupler

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Note:Ifinregularuse,greasestopsflowing,followtheabovesteps

toprimethegun

withouthavingtoremovetheextension&couplerfromthegunhead

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