Where exactly is the leak coming from? The threaded part that has the nut on it or the copper tube connection?
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:19 AM, winnipegger65 <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Fellow Brewtuses (Brewti?), > > My adventure continues. I upgraded my Brewtus to the Joysticks from Chris > Coffee and they look great. Those who have done it know you need the > "Adapter Kit" as well. I struggled to find additional beveled copper > washers but got that solved, I finally just went back to Chris Coffee and > they were happy to help me out. The do deserve the praise they get as they > are a helpful bunch over there. > > Having put the steam assembly back together, I'm still leaking like crazy. > I was hoping someone else who has done it can share what they've done and I > could follow that. > > Here's exactly what I did: > > 1. Using a socket, securely tighten the nut to hold the wand assembly to > the unit itself. > 2. Coat the male threads on the steam want with pipe compound. I used this > instead of the teflon tape. After the wand is secured, it is really tight > in there and would be hard to wind the teflon tape so I thought pipe > compound would be easier. You can't coat (or tape) the treads before > putting it on the machine because you need to put the mounting nut on it. > > 3. very tightly tighten the adapter nut onto the steam wand. This is the > nut that comes with the Adapter Kit from Chris Coffee. > 4. Coated the male threads again but this time on the adapter nut. > 5. Put the small copper washer on the hose which they meets into the > adapter nut > 6. Finally tighten the flare nut that is on the copper hose itself > > Not much to it and shouldn't be that hard. But, leak it does, right onto > the PID controller. > > Any suggestions on this? It does seem simple and shouldn't be this hard. > > Bruce In Winnipeg. > > > -- > 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.
