Hey Josh, As a reminder, if you tighten the tip down, even finger tight, while the machine/wand is hot, it will be hard to get off when the machine is cold. Just put steam through the tip for 10 seconds or so, and heat it up. I then use one of those silicone hot pads to take it off‹the pad is grippy, and also insulates from the heat.
But echoing everyone else, finger-tight only! I almost wonder if you have a burr on the thread of the tip‹that may be causing the problem. Run your fingernail around all the threads and see if they seem smooth and continuous. As someone else said, you may need a new tip as well. If you have a burr, you may have trashed the thread on the new wand also‹but WLL will probably replace both if you find the burr. Otherwise, find a friend with a tap and die set, and ³chase² the threads‹that will clean them up and remove any burrs. Best, bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." From: Ray Sachs <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:34:01 -0500 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: right tool to get the steam tip off? If you have it on so tight that pliers didn't work, the question might be, what did you use to put it ON? I personally never use anything stronger than my fingers. I used a small Y-wrench on my Siliva steam tip when I first had it, and quickly split the end of the rod. Since then, finger tight only. Aides with removal also. You might just need a new tip at this point too, and be more careful next time! -Ray On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Josh Heisler <[email protected]> wrote: > > What tool do people recommend to get the steam tip off? Recently I > mangled my steam tip with a pair of pliers and WLL suggested that I > might need a new wand. Now I have the new wand but still can't get the > tip off. I must need a better tool. Any suggestions? Links? Pictures > to do this? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
