The Viking Dry glove system is one of the best way to attach dry gloves to a drysuit, but the systems need to have 2 rings installed in the sleeves, on which the glove is pulled over. The system is 100% waterproof when installed right and is therefor used on drysuit used to dive in contaminated water.

Factory installed Dry Glove Rings on Viking Drysuits

DRY GLOVE RINGS: OUTSIDE

  1. Heavy Duty Drysuit sleeve

  2. Pro 1000 Drysuit sleeve

  3. Outside end of separate latex Wrist seals cuff

  4. Rubber Outer Ring

  5. Factory-applied tape joint seal

DRY GLOVE RINGS: INSIDE OF SLEEVE

  1. Inside end of separate latex Wrist seals cuff

  2. Drysuit sleeve, turned inside-out

  3. Plastic Inner Ring

How to install Dry Glove Rings on a Viking Drysuit

VIKING DRY GLOVE SYSTEM: PARTS

  1. Latex Wrist seals cuff.

  2. Taped seam to Drysuit sleeve.

  3. Drysuit sleeve.

  4. Plastic Inner Ring.

  5. Large locking groove.

  6. Rubber Outer Ring.

  7. Locking ridge which mates with Inner Ring large locking groove.

INSTALLING THE RINGS.

This procedure is difficult. Take your time, in order to avoid damage to
the Drysuit!

  1. Slide plastic Inner Ring down the inside of Drysuit sleeve, with large locking groove facing toward cuff.

  2. Insert Inner Ring into latex cuff only until large locking groove
    enters cuff beyond taped seam.

  3. Slide rubber Outer Ring over cuff, with locking ridge facing away from sleeve. Be careful to avoid damaging taped seam as you slide Outer Ring over it. Be sure not to dislodge Inner Ring. Large locking groove must remain inside the latex cuff, as Outer Ring is slid over it. Now, force Outer Ring locking ridge over Inner Ring locking groove until they mate.

  4. Latex cuff

INSPECTION AFTER ASSEMBLY.

  1. After Rings are installed, invert latex cuff completely into Ring.

  2. Observe that outermost edge of Inner Ring is level with outermost edge of Outer Ring. This ensures that locking groove and locking ridge are properly mated.

COMPLETE ASSEMBLY

Five finger rubber Dry Glove attached to Ring.

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Updated:
03-02-1999