Instructions for Use

3/1/2024

Grooving & Installation Instructions

(See drawing for proper groove depth)

1. Machine your sliding ring or tip body in lathe, or grind (if above 48 Rockwell C).
2. Be sure to protect all polished surfaces and threads.
3. Recommended lathe speed: 80 surface feet per minute.
4. Use groove cutting tool.
5. If groove is cut into a case-hardened surface, screw tip or check ring should be heat treated through to 46-48 Rockwell C prior to installation of BRODY-ring®.
6. If groove is cut into a nitrided surface, screw tip or check ring should be renitrided prior to installation of BRODY-ring®.
7. Slowly and carefully slide BRODY-ring® over tip body or sliding ring until it snaps into groove.
8. To install in barrel, use hose clamp or piston ring compressor to compress BRODY-ring®.

Special Notes

1. BRODY-rings® take up a temporary maximum of .025” total wear between screw tip and barrel.
2. BRODY-rings® are only a temporary solution to worn barrel problems and should only be used until complete barrel resleeving (also available from IMS) is possible.
3. If any questions, please call an IMS Customer Service
   Representative.
4. Wall thickness under groove must be equal to groove depth for adequate check ring strength.