Yeah, impact wrenches are the way to go, or an impact driver (the
wrench's gentler screwdriving cousin). That nut looks pretty far gone
though. An impact tool might just finish the job of stripping it.
The alternative would be to drill and tap a new hole. It's probably some
kind of BSP thread though, might have to order a tap from abroad.
Perhaps Todd could provide the thread spec?
Bruce
On 8/24/2015 10:00 AM, runtmms wrote:
All I can do is wish you good luck. We did this on a Brewtus I a while
back and were never able to get it out. Ended up replacing the brew
boiler. The one piece of advice we weren't able to try (because the
entire top nut had sheared off already) was taking it somewhere that
had an impact wrench and giving it a try. Because our nut sheared off
we could see there was some sort of white compound between the
threads. I imagine it was supposed to be pliable, but it had set up
like cement.
On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 8:02:14 AM UTC-6, Jesse Livingston wrote:
Hi again everyone,
I seem to be posting a lot lately... =) After much waffling, I've
decided to go ahead and upgrade the AKO controller to the PID
along with some other fixes. Parts on their way.
However, in preparation, I decided to try and remove the temp
probe but it is way stuck. I mean, completely, utterly, stuck. I
did read all the old posts on this – using an adjustable wrench on
the larger nut nearby as an anchor – but no luck. And now... the
nut is getting stripped.
Any thoughts? I had the idea that, if I could find some tool that
could lodge down inside the probe and hook in somehow, I could
twist it that way. But no idea if such a magical tool exists.
See pics. Thanks in advance,
Jesse
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