Don’t put bleach on your equipment and you won’t have salt. Lube/spray is 100% unnecessary on couplings and most sprays are detrimental because they swell the o rings.
thanks infinity.
Exactly. I’ve got nothing to say to that guy. I’ve read his posts. Lol.
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While it is true that you won’t develop a hernia if you don’t lube your couplings it’s still good practice to take care of the overlooked equipment and lube metal to metal contact on anything. The trick is to not use “most” and use the right stuff.
I think you should try it. Be sure you get a friend to video so we can watch. But don’t let them stand too close.
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Oh I see Rick that may give you pleasure have a nice day
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In France?
Most oild based products cause rubber, nitriles, buna, and what ever else to swell. Wd40 will help the connection but swell the o ring. We drill with 170 degree, 16 pound per gallon diesel based mud and it wrecks everything. Nothing stands a chance. White lithium grease might help but probably not. Oil based will cause more problems than good.
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@12_B totally different environments and workings conditions to a quick connect O-ring. A synthetic based grease is more than sufficient for QC O-rings. The aviation industry uses it on a lot of Vital seal/rubber lubrications. Ide like to think they’ve put some thought behind it.
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It’s more similar than you’d think. All of our lines and hoses are high pressure and use o rings at the connection with hammer unions. A mud pump is a 1500 hp belt drive pressure washer capable of 500 gallons a minute and up to 7500 psi. Some times we drill with a 10 pound per gallon salt water or up to 15 pound per gallon zinc bromide that wrecks everything like SH does, will curl leather boots up, and burn your skin. I cant say much about aircraft or what types of seals they use. But i can tell you that oil based products will swell rubber and nitrile with in a few hours of exposure. This is why all of our liner and module gaskets are made from urethane instead of rubber. It last longer under heat and pressure and is more chemical resistant
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And that ain’t no joke. Had a nice pair of Red Wings ruined on one job.
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Hey, what size orifice do you use to achieve the 12-1. I assume you use this one?
I can’t help but thing using 3/8” spring/ball chamber and inlet hose would really help these injectors. That tiny little opening can’t be good for flow. Think of carburetor sizes.
