Reinstalling The Pod On The Helmet - Kirby Morgan 77 Operation And Maintenance Manual

7.13 Reinstalling the Pod on the
Helmet
Required Tools:
3/8" socket with driver
torque screwdriver with flat blade attachment
5/32 inch hex key
3/8 inch open end wrench
1) Install the gasket on the pod. Make sure that the
ridge on the gasket is properly seated in the groove
in the pod.
2) Install all of the Allen screws and washers through
the pod and gasket, with the exception of the bottom
two. The screws will help to align the pod and gasket
to the helmet.
Note that there are eight screws that secure the pod
to the helmet. Six screws are "short" while two are
"long." The two longer screws are installed in the
top two holes in the pod.
Install and tighten the nuts and
bolts in a staggered pattern, as
shown here. Tighten the nuts
gradually so that the tension is
pulled up evenly on all four sides of
the pod.
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Whisker with spacers
Regulator
mount nut
Tighten the nuts in a staggered pattern.
Remember that the two long bolts are installed in
the top two holes of the pod, between the top of the
regulator cover and the port retainer.
3) Mate the pod to the helmet shell.
4) Install the secondary washers and nuts and run
the nuts up until they are finger tight. The nuts are
positioned on the outside of the pod on the two bolts
on the bottom, below the regulator.
5) Using the hex key and socket or wrench, tighten
the nuts gradually in a staggered pattern, such as the
one shown below. The nuts are properly tightened
when the threaded end of each bolt is flush with (or
just protruding through) the upper lip of the nylon
insert in the nut.
Gasket
2
7
4
6
Kirby Morgan
Regulator
5
3
8
1
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