Turbo Cat Retaining Cap and...
$7.99
Product details
Part 7217-02 is the retaining cap and spring set listed for Turbo Cat wands. The two pieces work as one: the spring supplies the tension and the cap holds it captive, and between them they keep the wand held in its connection instead of drifting loose while the tool is being worked.
The symptom that sends people to this part is a wand that will not stay put. Once the spring has lost tension or the cap has cracked, retaining pressure drops away and the joint starts working itself apart under normal use. That is a different fault from a wand that will not go together in the first place, and telling the two apart saves ordering the wrong part, since a joint that will not seat usually points elsewhere in the connection.
Small retention pieces like this are easy to skip over when a machine is being looked at, because nothing about them shows on the outside until the joint they hold has already begun to move. Glancing at the cap whenever the wand comes apart for any other reason is the cheapest way to catch one before it lets go mid-job.
- Part number: 7217-02
- Supplied: retaining cap and wand spring together
- Listed for: Turbo Cat wands
- Before ordering: establish whether the wand will not hold or will not seat, since the two point at different parts
Replace the cap and the spring as a set rather than pairing a new spring with a worn cap. A fresh spring under a cracked cap will not hold pressure evenly, and the cap carries on wearing at the rate that caused the first failure.