Well... if you wait too long the gasket turns into very brittle carbon, the fragments remain glued in with coffee tar. I had to scrape it all out with a set of plastic picnic knives. I think my first removal was like that, I'd waited 4+ years and the gasket was literally coked.
The trick I found for removing a stuck pf gasket was to use a blank backflush screen. Backflush about 5-7 times but pouring the water out of the pf each time. For some reason this loosens the gasket and screen and the screen and gasket basically fall out. No need for even a flathead or any prying. I was so surprised the first time it happened but seems reliable. For silicon gasket coming loose. I've no idea, hasn't happened to me. I know there are two slightly different thickness of silicon gaskets and the brewtus needs one and not the other. Is it possible you have the wrong one? I believe the brewtus needs the thicker one. On Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 5:33:00 PM UTC-7 bmacpiper wrote: > Agree with you, but as an aside, there is an easier way to remove the > non-silicone pf gasket. No chiseling or screws or force required. > > Let the machine heat, remove the PF, then use a very small flathead > screwdriver against the bottom lip of the screen and the edge of the group > to lever it down in 2-3 places. It will come out easily, and bring the > gasket with it. No damage to the screen if you’re gentle. Takes less than a > minute. > > Hope that helps you and/or others! Also works great for the silicone one. > > My pf always sticks to the silicone gasket and the basket pops out of the > pf. Any ideas? > > Best, > b > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 15, 2020, at 16:25, Eric Christoffersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think your maintanance list is a bit over the top. The machine is > easy to work on. I backflush and boil portafilter with cafiza every month > or so. I suppose frequency depends on beans and use. Im still using my > original screen. > > > > After all these years im guessing something breaks On my machine every 2 > years or so. The plastic turns to dust its not anything maintanance can > prevent. > > > > One of the best upgrades was the silicon portafilter gasket. Used to be > i had to chisel one out every year but the silicon lasts forever. > > > > -- > > 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/31d41490-543b-4ebd-85c1-a657f60bcce0o%40googlegroups.com > . > -- 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/1b077512-938c-4e23-9309-674869371140n%40googlegroups.com.
