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On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > P.S. I do still wonder if you can do without the crush washer by > shortening the nut or shimming under it. I’d have to see the two mating > surfaces to say for sure. Buy extra crush washers if you go that route! > b > > On Sep 6, 2017, at 09:29, Benjamin McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]. > 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. > <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. > > > -- > 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. 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