User Manual
IOM-CA5/SA5
4
e.  Remove plug assembly and 3/8" bar stock 
pieces from vise and rotate end for end 
and secure in vise again.
f.  Using an allen wrench, rotate screw (34) 
CCW and remove screw, disc washer (32) 
and seat disc (31). 
g.  Clean all metal parts to be reused ac-
cording to owner's procedures. NOTE: 
Regulators are originally supplied with a 
level of clean li ness equal to Cashco clean-
ing standard #S-1662. Contact factory for 
details.
  D.  Inspection of Parts:
1.  Remove and dis card the fol low ing parts:                  
diaphragm(s) (9), o-ring (15), seals (21, 27, 
28). These parts MUST be re placed with 
fac to ry supplied new parts.
2.  Inspect the metal parts that will be reused. The 
parts should be free of surface con tam i nants, 
burrs, oxides, and scale. Rework and clean 
the parts as necessary. Surface con di tions 
that affect the regulator performance are stated 
below; re place parts that can not be re worked 
or cleaned.
3. QC Requirements:
a.  Valve plug (20);
1. 16 rms fi nish on its seating surface 
for tight shutoff.
b. Cage (19);
1. 16 rms fi nish on cage bore. No “ledg-
 es” formed due to wear from moving 
dynamic side seal (27) or plug (20).
  E.  Reassembly of the ITA:
1.  Secure plug (20) in a vise with seat end up 
using the steel bar stock pieces from C. 1. 
previous.
2.  Place new seat disc (31) and washer (32) over 
end of plug (20).
3.  Thread screw (34) into plug and torque to 
20 - 35 ft-lbs (27 - 47 Nm).
4.  Remove plug assembly and 3/8" bar stock 
pieces from vise and rotate end for end and 
secure in vise, again using the bar stock pieces.
b.  Using a special double-posted spanner 
wrench  fi tting (to order see NOTE in  
Section IX, Parts Ordering Information), 
turn the pis ton-guide bear ing (13) CCW 
to loosen. The piston-guide bear ing (13) 
may be re moved by hand after loos en ing.
c.  Remove shim (16).
d.  Remove and examine the dynamic seal 
(27.1, 27.2, 27.3) to de ter mine if sig nifi  -
 cant leakage was oc cur ring. If the seal 
(27) shows signs of leakage, de ter mine 
if op er at ing con di tions ex ceed  pres sure, 
pres sure drop, or tem per a ture lim its.
  NOTE: 
Special care should be taken 
when using “tools” to remove the plug 
and seal to ensure that no scratches 
are made to any portion of the plug (20) 
groove or plug itself.
Figure 2: Assembled ITA, with
"UC" Dynamic Side Seal
10.  Remove the ITA from the cage pull ing up on 
the piston-guide bearing (13). Set ITA aside.
11.  Remove cage (19), o-ring seals (15) and (21).
12.  Clean all metal parts to be reused according to 
owner's procedures. NOTE:  Regulators are 
originally supplied with a level of clean li ness 
equal to Cashco cleaning standard #S-1662.  
Contact factory for details.
C.  Disassembly of the ITA:
1.  To Disassemble the ITA (See Figure 2):
a.  Fit 2 pieces of 3/8" wide x 3" long square 
steel bar stock into the fl ats on either 
side of the plug and secure snug in the 
vise with the lower part (seat end) of the 
valve plug (20) down. Do not clamp on 
any ma chined, cylindical sur face on the 
plug.










