CAUTION: THE MATING FLANGE SURFACES AND THE INSIDE OF THE CONNECTOR AND CABLE SECTION MUST BE CLEAN. Inspect these visually and remove any dirt, adhesive, or other foreign material before beginning the steps to join the outer conductors.
7. Carefully slide the connector outer conductor assembly over the inner conductor assembly until the flanges are about 1 inch (25 mm) apart. Insert all bolts from the hardware kit (#209608) through bolt flanges, inserting the longer bolt with the cross-drilled shank into the bottom flange hole first to help alignment.
8. Push the connector body until the flanges butt, taking care that the O-rings are not displaced. Install the remaining flange hardware, using a back-and-forth twisting action to install the threadseal washers.
9. Use the torque wrench assembly (#220045) to tighten the bolts to 1 38- to 40-ft-lb torque. After the bolts are torqued, coat the exposed threads with Alumashield® (#203233-4).
CAUTION: TIGHTEN THE BOLTS GRADUALLY with the ratchet wrench assembly (#221180). Use an alternating pattern to produce uniform contact and to avoid warping the flanges. If nut runners are being used, first hand-tighten four bolts about 90° apart. Next, run up the other nuts. Then, tighten all bolts to the final torque, by hand, using the torque wrench assembly.
10. Install the connector flange hardware (#209607) loosely in the flange holes to prevent misplacing the hardware. Cover the end with one of the plastic bags until the connector can be mated to the balun.
CAUTION: Prior to initial operation conduct performance verification tests on the transmission line (refer to Section 6).