I've had really good luck removing them by letting brew pressure push it out most of the way. I put the portafilter on, flip the lever, and as the pressure builds I remove the portafilter. Water usually gets under the gasket and breaks it loose. A time or two I also screwed a screw into the gasket and pulled it out but mostly I've been able to break it loose with water pressure. Herman
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 11:40 PM, EagleBoy <[email protected]> wrote: > The tip is great for the gasket, but wrapping the blade in a towel and > using the side edge on the groove in the screen/basket was best. Would > have been easier with two oyster knives. But WAY better than a scewdriver > IMHO. > > > > On Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 5:39:09 PM UTC-6, bmacpiper wrote: >> >> Interesting! I even have one of those. (And as luck would have it, my >> first delivery of 2016 for CSA oysters is this Friday, so double benefit!). >> >> I'll have to try it--did you use it flat, i.e. Prying against the lip of >> the group and the edge of the screen? >> >> Best, >> bmc >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 2, 2016, at 16:35, EagleBoy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> OK - I finally got around to changing the brew head gasket after, well, >> years... The leaking portafilter finally got to me. Plus worry of >> overstressing my pump. Found the PERFECT tool for removing the gasket and >> screen - especially for the baked on ones. >> https://www.oxo.com/oyster-knife-356 Getting the Expobar gasket and new >> screen back in was a treat let me tell you. On order are some of those >> Cafelat silicone gaskets. :) >> >> -- >> 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 https://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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
