This is what we use with a 1 & 7/16" socket. It fits in the hole at the bottom of the chassis and you don't have to hold the boiler in place.
http://www.harborfreight.com/air-tools/impact-wrenches/3-4-quarter-inch-heavy-duty-impact-wrench-66984.html On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:51 PM, winnipegger65 <[email protected]> wrote: > My brewtus is leaking, just a bit, from the heating element in the brew > boiler. Once it gets warmed up, I guess some expansion happens and not more > water leaks out. Total leakage is maybe a teaspoon or less. The heating > element is (I think) a 38 mm socket and I have one that fits. What I'm > struggling with is hot to apply the necessary torque to tighten it without > wrenching the brew boiler itself. i was told to use a belt (like on your > pants) to try and hold the boiler while tightening the heating element. > However, that's easier said than done. > > Do any of you fine people out there have any advice? > > > -- > 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.
