When

  • To install a replacement piston after piston removal

  • During maintenance of pump head parts

Parts and additional items required

  • Piston

  • Isopropanol

Preparations

When reinstalling a piston that you removed, clean the piston. See Cleaning the Piston.

Follow these steps

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Figure: Installing the pistons

No.

Description

1

Piston cavity

2

Piston base

  1. Pipette a few drops of isopropanol into the piston cavity in which you want to install the piston.

    When reinstalling a piston, install the piston to the position from which you removed it.

  2. Grasp the piston by the piston base.

  3. Insert the piston into the piston cavity as far as the piston goes in.

  4. Install the pump head. See Installing the Pump Head.