Hi Glenn,

send the pump imediately to Pfeiffer or another company who can repare 
it, for exampe in Germany the MassTech. You send your pump there and 
they send you another used but repared pump.

Many luck
Lutz


Am 30.07.2009 um 15:10 schrieb Glenn Piercey:

> In the process of changing the oil wick on a Pfeiffer TMH 071 a bearing
> spacer/holder has decided to come out with the old wick. Can we just 
> push
> this back into place or is this a more involved operation requiring 
> sending the
> pump to Pfeiffer? The old wick was grey in colour, this may have been 
> loose
> for some time, however, the bearings seem to be in good condition. 
> Would this
> part work its way loose if the wick was not properly seated during the 
> last
> service. Is it possible for the pump to run without this bearing 
> space/holder?
>
> Any help appreciated, thanks.
>
Lulzim Haxhiaj
IFM-Geomar
Leibniz-Intitut für Meereswissenschaften an der Uni Kiel.
Labor für stabile Isotopen , Dienstgebäude Ostufer
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
Geb. 8D-021
24148 Kiel
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