Pittless connector / well help !

Joe Pro · Sep 11, 2014

We are trying to pull the submersible well pump pour of our well, it won't budge any. We've got a 1" pipe with a 'tee" screwed into the connector. We even hooked a come-along to it and that didn't help a bit. The well was installed about ten years ago to my knowledge. Any help would be great.

JDemaris · Sep 11, 2014

It doesn't look like any pitless-adapter I've seen. If there was no hardware continued to the top that can be loosened - there should just be a wedge held in by gravity and weight of pipe and pump. Never had one yet I couldn't pull by hand by grabbing it with a 5-6 foot pipe extension. Picture is not 100% clear but I don't see that wedge in there.

retired farmer · Sep 11, 2014

Doesn't look anything like the two I had. Looks like there is a pin holding a piece of brass to something down there. Might have to check with a well supply house and see what kind of fitting that is. It sticks out too far to let the pump come past it.

Mike Kork · Sep 11, 2014

Many different pitiless adaptors out there.
Better find out which one you have before something brakes.
Sometimes there are torque arrestors down in the well that make pulling a pump difficult.

38orange · Sep 11, 2014

That type of pitless adapter wedges the piece on the pin against the casing. You need to remove the T-Pipe and loosen the bolt underneath it. That bolt pushes that wedge against casing.

rrlund · Sep 11, 2014

It's like 38orange says,there's a tool that you have to use to loosen the wedge. The well guys have had mine out a few times. They have a T handled outfit that they stick down in there to turn something and loosen it.

Joe Pro · Sep 11, 2014

Ah, that would make some serious sense!! Does anyone know what type of head or slot the bolt I need to loosen has? Does it turn counter clockwise or clockwise. We got pretty rough with it, I hope we didn't damage anything.

El Toro · Sep 11, 2014

Time to call a pro before you break something. Will be money Well spent. Hal

johndeere720GA · Sep 11, 2014

I have looked through images of pitless connectors (adapter) and they all have a common theme; one piece slides into the other with gravity holding it in place. We can't see the connector side of the fitting so what I think we are looking at is some sort of brace (it cant be the pipe you couldn't get the pump past it) So I am guessing that that hinged piece of metal needs to be pulled up to "unlock" it. It looks to me that it is locking the pump in place when you try and pull the pump. Try and get something under that piece and pull it up first. It looks like it is just a flat bar on a hinge. Maybe a better picture if that is not the case.

IowaJohn · Sep 11, 2014

We made a big slide hammer out of 1/2" steel rod. We bent a hook at 1 end, drilled a hole in a heavy piece used for the slide and welded a solid piece at the other. We used a come-along hooked to a loader bucket to put steady pressure on the handle while hammering on the rod it eventually came loose. The slide hammer was hooked into the handle with the come-along. I was helping our local plumber.
I hit an old well with a bushhog at another farm a couple of days ago and unhooked the pitless unit, fortunately I'd left plenty of wire that I could still grab it and pull the pump, it was only down 60' so it wasn't too bad of a job.

Bob · Sep 11, 2014

<img src = "http://www.merrillmfg.com/product/02-PitlessUnits/MCUandSSMCU/images/MCUandSSMCU-06.gif"
Merrill

Paul Janke · Sep 11, 2014

No guarantee, but I think you need to pull up the part which is at about 7 o'clock in the picture, then slide the pipe toward the center of the casing, then lift.

Bob · Sep 11, 2014

I posted a link to the factory diagram and instructions that show the screw that needs to be loosened along with how to make the tool to accomplish that.

What MORE can be said???

johndeere720GA · Sep 11, 2014

Bob
I think you win the prize. I looked at over 100 pictures of Pittless connections and did not find one that had the hinge pin. It looked to me that it was a flat bar on a hinge but I see that it is much more involved. Probably due to the way the joint is sealed it looks to be a press fit vs most of the others having a key and keyed part to slip into creating the seal.

Joe Pro · Sep 11, 2014

(quoted from post at 13:36:24 09/11/14) I posted a link to the factory diagram and instructions that show the screw that needs to be loosened along with how to make the tool to accomplish that.

Thank you for the image! Its just what I was looking for. Hopefully I can loosen that screw and out she'll come.

Bob · Sep 11, 2014

The Merrill brand is what my local well driller uses, so I recognized what was in you photo right away.

Joe Pro · Sep 12, 2014

(quoted from post at 15:54:58 09/11/14) The Merrill brand is what my local well driller uses, so I recognized what was in you photo right away.

We loosened the set screw last night, and wa lah out it came. Out and in with new pump took about an hour! Thanks for your help.

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