While I am sure that should work when you change the gasket regularly, mine was cemented in there. Hard as stone. Plus I am not keen on hot or cold water spewing around. The Oyster Knife is my go to tool now. :)
On Monday, April 4, 2016 at 6:53:35 AM UTC-6, herman dickens wrote: > > 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] <javascript:> > > 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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.
