Patent ID: 7661184

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a flow control device comprising: a housing; a packing disposed in the housing; a fastening member assembled with the housing such that the assembled fastening member is moveable with respect to the housing; and a tool having an engagement member; wherein the engagement member is insertable into the flow control device through the fastening member to apply a predetermined force to the packing while the fastening member is in an assembled condition with the housing; wherein the assembled fastening member is moveable with respect to the housing while the engagement member applies the predetermined force to the packing, such that the assembled fastening member is movable to a position that sets a load force applied by the fastening member to the packing based on the predetermined force, and wherein the engagement member is removeable from the flow control device through the assembled fastening member while the fastening member maintains the load force applied to the packing.