Maintenance 
 
HON 380 gas pressure regulator with HON 673/674 controller    51 
 
Figure  Step  Description 
17  Take the valve spindle including at-
tached parts out of the intermediate 
piece. 
18  Unscrew the nut (1) and take out the 
following parts: 
  Pressure disc (2) 
  Compensating diaphragm (3) 
Check the compensating diaphragm 
for damage. Replace it if necessary. 
19  IMPORTANT! Pull out the quad ring 
(1) upwards so as to avoid damaging 
the sliding surface of the intermedi-
ate piece. 
Replace the quad ring (1) with a new, 
greased quad ring. 
20  Turn the intermediate piece and re-
lease the locking ring (1) to remove 
the plain bearing (2). 
Check the plain bearing for damage. 
Replace it if necessary. 
Replace the O-ring (3) with a new, lu-
bricated O-ring. 
 
Proceed in the reverse order as for the disassembly in “Performing maintenance 
on the regulator unit”. See above. 
 
Depending on what you want to do next, proceed as indicated in the relevant sec-
tion: 
  Installing the regulator unit (see page 61) 
  Completing the maintenance (see page 63) 
 
 
Assembling the regu-
lator unit