You're in luck. Replacing the gasket is extremely easy. I just did it yesterday and the whole operation takes about two minutes. It might take longer for you to find your thin blade screwdriver than to actually perform the operation.
Step 1, find your thin blade screwdriver. You'll see the screen is inserted into the E61 brewhead. On the Expobar Brewtus, there are no screws that hold it in. It is held in place with a tight fit. You do not need to let the machine cool down. You can do this while its hot. take your screwdriver and pry out the screen. You may need to work your way around the screen so you are prying it off evenly around the entire screen. If you try and pry off the screen just in one spot, the screen will probably get crooked and won't want to come out. The screen will fall down onto the drip tray. Its hot. if you're lucky, the gasket will still be attached to the screen. If you're not lucky, the gasket will still be 'stuck' in the brewhead. If this is true, I've heard one hint to take a small screw and screw it into the gasket and pull it out. The existing gasket will be useless anyway. You will also find that the screen is in need of replacing too. I would suggest you buy both a new gasket and a new screen. Together, the pair are about $20. You'll see the screen will be very gunked up with coffee and cleaning it is very hard. You are better off buying a new screen. Now that you have your new screen and your new gasket, slide the new gasket onto the new screen from the bottom up. Now take your portafilter handle and REMOVE the portafilter (the part you put coffee in. Take your screen and set it into the portafilter. Now put the portafilter back into the e61 group head as if you are making a shot. Of course you are not making a shot because you do not have any coffee in it. Tighten the handle very well. This securely inserts both the screen and the new gasket into the e61 brewhead. Why take the portafilter out of the handle? Because that gives you a couple more millimeters of clearance so you can get the screen back into the e61 group head. I had not changed my gasket or screen for about a year because I didn't know any better. The shots were better because my screen was so badly clogged that I was not getting even extraction. A word on gaskets. They do come in slightly different widths. If you have a source for such parts and you ask for an Expobar Brewtus gasket, you'll be just fine. On Saturday, 30 March 2013 19:26:48 UTC-5, Bill Brockhouse wrote: > > Can anyone explain how to change the gasket in the Brewtus in the e61 brew > group? I'm getting leakage. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
