Hi all, I'm helping a friend locally dial in his Expobar Office. Yesterday I spent some time cleaning it, and pulled the gasket and shower screen.
The screen is clearly E61, and the gasket is 8.5 thick and the same dimensions as my replacement E61 gaskets, but a brand I didn't recognize. The original PF is a very tight fit, i.e. you can get it loaded and maybe turned 1/2". The bottomless Rancilio PF (with thicker ears) barely goes in, and turns maybe 1/4". A couple of other notes. When the coffee is dosed by volume, tamped to the dosing line, it is in solid contact with the shower screen. It still pulls a nice shot, but obviously the screen is too low. Actually, the PF basket sits too high in the PF, by maybe 1-2mm, and that may be the problem. Also, the gasket/screen assembly is way too tight going in to the machine, compared to my E61 group on the Brewtus. It really took some work to get the old assembly out and the new one in. Not very conducive to regular cleaning. To my eye, the group on this machine looks like a close copy of the E61, but not a genuine E61, but not sure if there are a couple of variations on the group, i.e. with no lever, etc. Questions, then: --Does this machine use "true" E61 parts? --Is there a 7 or 7.5mm gasket available out there? --Is there a shorter screen assembly, or is the best approach here to just get the PF basket replaced so it sits lower like it should? Thanks all, and talk soon. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
