That all sounds good and likely. So did the crush washer fit between the adapter and the original tubing? If so, maybe they are mismatched sizes and the crush washer fills the void.
I would check with a few places. Most likely, I think you’ll find a washer at an auto or motorcycle parts shop. Take the old one with you for size. These are used for sealing oil/trans/fork/etc drains and come in a multitude of sizes. They should cost pennies to a dollar or two. You could also try places like McMaster/Carr, Grainger, Tacoma Screw, etc. If you call with ID and OD and thickness, they’ll send it to you. Teflon tape—look at the package, it will tell you minimum number of wraps. For white/thin, I think it’s 5 or 7; for yellow, I think it’s 3. There’s no real harm to using a bit too much (within reason)—it will just pile up as it gets pushed out of the way when you make the connection. Note—if you have to break the connection, you need to use something sharp (i.e. tip of a knife, paper clip, etc.) to carefully clean out as much of the old tape as possible from the threads, then re-wrap with new. It’s a one-shot deal, like your crush washer. Best of luck, bmc > On Sep 6, 2017, at 08:41, winnipegger65 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am getting closer. Figured out some things and now have some new > challenges. I thought I may as well try the source and talk to Chris Coffee, > where I bought the joysticks in the first place. I've heard they are helpful > and those rumours are true. > > Fortunately, I took a video of it leaking before disassembling the > connection. Chris Coffee suggested it was not the flare end that was leaking > at all but rather, the connection from the adapter to the joystick itself. I > did use teflon tape on the threads but probably not enough. I only put one > wrap on it which is perhaps why it lasted a while (a year) but no longer. > > So, putting it back together with a more enthusiastic use of teflon tape > might solve all the problems. > > However...and there is always a however. > > The small copper washer (see photo of the Joystick Adapter kit) is damaged > beyond reuse.Chris Coffee called it a 'crush washer' and is intended to do > just that, crush upon tightening to create the seal. Chris also agreed that > teflon tape wouldn't help in this case. > > I need to find a replacement washer of that size and shape. Home Depot > (Canada) doesn't have them and it will be a few months yet before the new > Lowes store is due open in Winnipeg (assuming they even carry things like > that). > > So I do have a plan and as is common, the gating item is finding the right > parts. > > On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 5:31:10 PM UTC-5, winnipegger65 wrote: > OK so...I thought I needed a new thread as I've exhausted the old one. The > last thread described my woes of trying to find the mysterious leak, a flood > really, on my Brewtus IV-R. > > Found the issue and it is the steam wand. Just over a year ago, I replaced > the then faulty wand with the super cool joystick wand from Chris Coffee. I > also got the 'adapter kit' which included the thread adapter and a small > copper washer, insert idea. > > I have an exciting 7 second video showing the leak but didn't included it > because, in all its HD glory, it weighs in at about 10MB. > > So here's where I am. The little copper adapter/washer is gone. Much too > mangled up to reuse. I'm not going to buy another full adapter kid from Chris > Coffee just to get a 25 cent washer. > > Here's a few pictures showing what I think the problem will be, and that is > the flare nut on the pipe is going to bottom out on the adapter nut. Also, > when I installed a year ago, I used teflon tape. I've heard that a pipe > compound is better. Home Depot here told me Oatey is the one to use. > > Last year, when I tried to install without the small copper adapter/washer, > it leaked a lot. > > Any ideas, perhaps from those that have installed the Chris Coffee joystick > wands on how they avoided some of these problems and kept the leaks at bay? > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus > <https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > <adapter.jpg> -- 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.
