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Bill - 25 Dec 2006 21:47 GMT

We have a member with a 5" gauge Hall loco that wishes to take the packing
out of the piston glands and replace with "O" rings but can not see how to
get the piston rods disconnected.Can anyone help please

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SimonJ - 26 Dec 2006 19:10 GMT

> We have a member with a 5" gauge Hall loco that wishes to take the packing
> out of the piston glands and replace with "O" rings but can not see how
> to get the piston rods disconnected.Can anyone help please

Who's design is the loco?
Which end is he trying to disconnect, the crosshead or the piston?
They could be connected in a multitude of different ways.

As an alternative, can the piston/rod/crosshead not be removed as an
assembly?

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Bill - 27 Dec 2006 11:50 GMT

He would like to disconnect the crosshead end so he can remove the cyc cover
and put the "O" ring on

>> We have a member with a 5" gauge Hall loco that wishes to take the
>> packing out of the piston glands and replace with "O" rings but can not
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> As an alternative, can the piston/rod/crosshead not be removed as an
> assembly?

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briano - 27 Dec 2006 10:37 GMT

> We have a member with a 5" gauge Hall loco that wishes to take the packing
> out of the piston glands and replace with "O" rings but can not see how to
> get the piston rods disconnected.Can anyone help please

The Piston would usually be permanently screwed onto the piston rod so
you need to split the rod from the crosshead.

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