Really interesting video on the internals of the E61 Group Head together with an explanation of how it works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jn28YTS3OQ
Explains how the bottom seals work very nicely JohnB On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Ben McCafferty <bmacpi...@me.com> wrote: > To Ira's point, I'm pretty sure the seals are integral to the three parts; > not sure they're removable. > best, > bmc > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 12, 2015, at 13:15, Ira <laza...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Jesse, > > Saturday, September 12, 2015, 12:27:11 PM, you wrote: > > > Thanks for the response! When you say to rebuild the grouphead, which > parts exactly should I replace? The three valves alone are about $50, so I > was hoping to pin point where the problem was specifically. I did read an > old post about just replacing the seals so I'm curious whether I could just > get away with that. > > > Remind me monday and I'll see what my cost for the parts is. I get > wholesale at the local espresso parts supplier and it's quite astonishing > the markup some of the internet places get. If it's 10 years old you should > probably replace everything but as I recall it's not that much money and > it's certainly not difficult. You just need wrenches for the big nut on top > and the big nut on the bottom. Tape before wrench helps prevent scratches. > Luckily, I already owned the proper tools. > > -- Ira > > -- > 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 brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to brewtus@googlegroups.com. > 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 brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to brewtus@googlegroups.com. > 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 brewtus+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to brewtus@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.