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Simple Pump Maintenance - Sealed Well Cap, Pump Head, and Handle Fasteners
Simple Pump Annual Fastener Maintenance for the Hand Well Pump with a Sealed Well Cap
Multiple Fasteners
As you can see, there are multiple fasteners on the head portion of the Simple Pump and we want to make sure that they are tight so that over time they don't loosen and start to wear parts of your Simple Pump out prematurely.
Sealed Well Cap
- The sealed cap is going to take two half inch wrenches and you're going to use your half inch wrenches on the top and the bottom side. You want to make sure that this is pretty tight.
- What you should see is that the two pieces of the sealed well cap actually join together.
Split Flange
The split flange is what holds the Simple Pump system to the well cap.
- There are four total bolts here, one on the side which is we call the pinch bolt. This is the first bolt that you want to make sure is tight. You can crank this pretty hard. The aluminum's thick and can handle that. Make sure the split flange is really tight and that will prevent the pump system from dropping over time due to gravity.
- After the pinch bolt is nice and tight, double check that the three bolts on top are tight as well.
Handle Bracket
The handle bracket is what mounts to the pump head and manages the pivoting of the pump handle.
- There are four different bolts that utilize a 3/16" Allen head. Just make sure these are nice and tight.
- This will make sure that that handle bracket and the geometry of the handle works correctly.
Pump Rod into the Clevis
The pump rod attaches to the clevis which is attached to the pump handle to generate the piston rod motion of the Simple Pump.
- The clevis and pump rod are joined with a left hand thread so you're going to tighten these in the opposite direction that you typically would tighten a screw joint.
- Make sure that you tighten this joint with a wrench. It's best to tighten this last as it may loosen with the movement of the other joints.
That's it. Those are the fasteners that you have for our sealed cap and all the head portion above that.