Installing The Shut-Off Valve - Whirlpool EZ CONNECT Guide D'installation

Installing the shut-off valve

Refer to the diagram below for the following
steps.
1. Locate the shut-off valve and the front pipe
clamp (with the threaded hole in the center)
from the copper tubing kit. Then, being
careful not to crossthread the valve, screw
the end with the pilot tube into the threaded
hole of the clamp. Hand-tighten the valve
as far as it will go (the threaded shaft is
slightly tapered and can only be tightened
so far).
2. Use a " open-end (or adjustable) wrench,
⁄
1
2
and turn the body of the shut-off valve an
additional ⁄ - turn to secure it to the clamp.
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3. Slide the rubber seal gasket (from the
copper tubing kit) over the pilot tube (the
unthreaded portion) of the shut-off valve.
Front pipe
clamp
Screw
Pilot tube
Shut-off valve
Nut
Back pipe
clamp
Seal gasket
4. Carefully slide the pilot tube of the shut-off
valve into the water pipe access hole so it
is against the seal gasket, and install the
back pipe clamp over the water pipe.
Secure the clamps to the pipe with the two
screws and nuts that were supplied with
the copper tubing kit. Tighten the nuts
equally so that the space between the
clamps is the same (see DETAIL A). DO
NOT OVERTIGHTEN the nuts, or you
could deform the clamps and damage the
seal gasket.
Vertical cold
water pipe
Mounting the shut-off valve
to the water pipe
DETAIL A
Keep spacing
equal
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