I removed the elements from my early b2, took some doing. I had been warned on here so didnt even try at home.
Removing heating element: i went to local (old school) gas station with a stack of towels. Put it into their giant vice wrapped lovingly and hit it with their impact wrench. Super loud it rattled for about 30 seconds of short bursts without moving, then a bit of smoke from the interface. I kept giving it 1-2 second bursts and it smoking. The sucker took serious torque almost to the end of the threading. Maybe 3 minutes each to remove. Impressive glue and foul smoke. At home i chased the threads with a pick, the burned glue was brittle and easy to get out. Descale: mine sat for a few days but was still full of visible chunks. With opening from heating element i broke up the chunks with a screwdriver and they poured out. I scraped out the boiler then let it sit longer until it was devoid of minersls, i think a few more days. Reinstall new element, i used teflon tape and its been fine for years. And i know i can replace using a wrench. I had a bad element so had to replace, i did both because it took much less time to do them both at once. Much easier to descale with element out. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/29568ceb-a930-4bb5-aae8-9d8eb94b01a0o%40googlegroups.com.
