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Quick Connect Coupling Retainer Clip

QUICK CONNECT COUPLING RETAINER CLIP

Removal







1. Insert the tool that is supplied with the new replacement retainer clip into the quick connect coupling body until it engages and spreads the retainer legs.







2. Grasp the retainer clip under the lip on each side, pull outward and remove while simultaneously removing the tool from the quick connect coupling body.
- The legs of the retainer clip may catch on the quick connect coupling body just prior to removal and you may need to open the legs of the retainer clip slightly to complete removal.

3. Discard the quick connect coupling retainer clip.

Installation
1. Install the tool into the quick connect coupling body.







2. Insert the legs of the new retainer clip into the windows on the body of the quick connect coupling body.







3. Push the retainer clip straight into the quick connect coupling body until it is flush with the top lip and the side of the connector body.

4. NOTE: If the retainer clip is properly installed, the tool should be locked into the quick connect coupling body and can only be removed when the center of the retaining clip is depressed.

Push down the center of the retainer clip and remove the tool. Upon release the retainer clip should remain in the quick connect coupler body.