I have not (yet) lubricated the steam joystick. Perhaps I should. My thought for a product would be to use DOW 111. That seems to be the product for all other things on espresso makers. When I replaced all the gaskets of the e61 brew group, I needed to buy a tube of DOW 111 so now I have enough for the rest of my life..
On Friday, October 6, 2017 at 9:32:32 AM UTC-5, bmacpiper wrote: > > Hey Bruce— > The yellow tape is rated for gas and is indeed thicker. But, with the > proper number of wraps, the white will hold just fine also. You’d have to > look at the label, but if memory serves the yellow takes 3 turns minimum, > and the white maybe 5 or 7. Glad it’s holding in any case. > > As an aside, do you (or others) have a method/product for lubricating the > steam joystick? Mine has gotten pretty dry and not sure what to use on it. > I assume you just pull it apart and lube the ball. > > best, > bmc > > On Oct 6, 2017, at 06:57, winnipegger65 <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm hoping I'm in the clear now with my ongoing leaky steam wand. It's > been almost a week and no leaks at all. I went with yellow teflon tape > which seems to be thicker than the regular white. Maybe I just didn't wrap > the threads properly last time (with the white tape) and that caused the > problems. Last time, it lasted about a year before any leaks occurred so > who knows? I might be revisiting this again in the summer of 2018. > > For now though, things appear to be working well and its great to have the > espresso machine back in action. > > 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] <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.
