Dacor Pacer 900 - balance chamber stuck

[spoolin01]

I'm servicing an old Pacer 900 for the first time, referring to an old manual kindly provided years ago by knotical.

I'm unable to remove the balance chamber. It appears it should drift out, being held only by a captured o-ring. However, I've whacked it fairly hard with a punch down through the throat on the opposite side, and also tried pressing it out in the vise jaws, but I don't think it has budged.

Am I going about this wrong? Should I just leave it where it is?

 

[herman]

First, which model do you have? The early ones had the balance chamber as part of the HP assembly (buried in the notes of the manual). If that is the one you have, then nothing comes out of the main body. Pretty easy to tell, did he HP poppet and springs come out when you remove the module or are they held in by a circlip? If by the clip, you have to old model.

 

[spoolin01]

I saw that part about the old style balance chamber in the manual, but I'm pretty sure I have the new style. The only circlip was the one for the frit, and the poppet was the long style, not one of the shorter versions shown. There isn't a circlip and the poppet came out during disassembly.

There wasn't any crud inside the regulator at all, and you can see that the balance chamber should pass through the main threads in the body. It's just odd that it's so firmly stuck. I hit it pretty hard once, I don't want to damage something.

Here's a pic.