very few have impacts and 1.5 inch sockets. On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:56 AM, brian <[email protected]> wrote:
> I replaced the steam boiler element and thought I'd pass along my > experience as well. I'd read the experiences from others here and here's > what I did. I ordered some Loctite 567 from eBay since I'd read where some > people would have leaks after a couple days when using only tape. I found > the yellow gas tape at Lowe's and next to it was some gray tape for water > connections. I bought both and measured with calipers and they are the > same thickness. Rather than remove the boiler from the machine made my > morning coffee and, after shutting it off, I ran the hot water wand until > no steam came out. I let it sit for about 45 minutes and turned the > machine on its side. I loosened the allen screws holding the plastic cap > under the steam boiler and used a 1.5" socket on my 20 volt battery powered > impact wrench. The large nut was out in less than 15 seconds and there was > no water to spill. I cleaned up the outside of the boiler, looked inside > to be sure it had no crud, wrapped the new element with about three wraps > of the grey tape and popped it in the boiler with the impact wrench. I > stopped once I could see the nut wasn't turning. Turned everything back > upright, connected the wires, turned on the water, then the machine and > everything's working with no leaks. If leaks develop I'll use the Loctite. > > After everything I read about swapping elements I was pleasantly surprised > at how quick this went. Make sure you've got an impact wrench with a 1.5" > socket (38mm would be best but I couldn't find one) and you won't have to > remove the boilder. > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
