{"id":2531,"date":"2026-01-25T12:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/?post_type=knowledge-base&#038;p=2531"},"modified":"2026-01-25T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:51:19","slug":"why-is-the-connector-difficult-to-mate-hydraulic-lock","status":"publish","type":"knowledge-base","link":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/knowledge-base\/why-is-the-connector-difficult-to-mate-hydraulic-lock\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the connector difficult to mate (Hydraulic Lock)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liquids are incompressible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Error:<\/strong> Filling the female sockets with grease is a common mistake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Fix:<\/strong> Clean out the excess grease from the socket holes using a Q-tip or compressed air. Apply only a thin film to the <em>mating surfaces<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Burping:<\/strong> Mate the connector slowly to allow air to escape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"faq_category":[80],"class_list":["post-2531","knowledge-base","type-knowledge-base","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-installation-mating-guide"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge-base"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-base\/2531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hysfsubsea.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=2531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}