Ok automotive guys/gals/thems, you SHOULD dust-off scrape off excessive dirt/sludge before throwing them in the parts cleaner. At bare minimum if you are the dirty B that throws super dirty parts in the parts washer…CLEAN THE SOCK AND UNDER THE GRATE!
It was OBVIOUS the asshat(s) in question knew they did wrong as the pump was losing pressure as it cavitated, almost immediately! That is how I knew.
Here is a tutorial from this morning.
- remove the brushes etc from the chamber.
- hang the blow gun and spray hose out of the front of the chamber.
- tilt the steel grate back and maneuver it out of the system.
- loosen the wing nuts on the sock retainer
- rotate the sock retainer out of the way
- use your fingers to pull the sock straight up.
- turn the sock inside out over a trash can to get bulk of the sludge out.
- take the sock to a sink with a sump on the drain…cleaning closet or where ceramics cleans up.
- clean the sock and then turn it inside-out and clean it again……ITS WHITE’ISH.
- replace it back into its hole on the parts washer.
- replace the sock retainer back into place
- tighten the wing nuts
- maneuver the grate back in place
- test the unit by running it for 60s continuously. If it loses pressure repeat the process.
Pics
If you remove the grate and see the cleaner….the sock is likely dirty.
This sludge shows the asshat(s) cleaned excessive amounts of crap in the washer
This is a closeup of the sock and sock retainer
This is how much sludge I pulled from the sock….showing the asshat’s negligence….it was a clean box in a trash can before I dumped the sock sludge into it.
This shows the sump under the sink in the cleaning closet
This is a reasonable expectation of a clean sock
This is the sock and the sock retainers replacement into the washer
This is a reasonably clean parts washer under the grate
