I didn’t realize i would have to hold the boiler while undoing the heating element through the hole but guess it makes sense. I guess emptying the brew boiler prior to removal is another step.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:30 PM, Kevin Maciunas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 14/12/21 5:38 pm, Eric Christoffersen wrote: >> Um... I would be very surprised if you could remove the element without >> first removing the boiler from the machine. Its quite a bit of force, I had >> boiler wrapped in a towel and clamped in a vise at the gas station. No way >> to stabilize the boiler while its in the machine. >> >> Did I misread? You guys are able to remove the heating element from boiler >> through that little hole? > > Absolutely. Zero problems at all... The virtue is the impact tool. Impact > stuff applies a momentary torque which applies an effectively nett almost > zero torque to the boiler. Just like a nail gun - a nail gun will fire a > little brad into piffling thin wood that you can't use a conventional hammer > to nail in. > > I do admit I used a strap wrench to resist the torque on the first boiler I > did, but for the expobar I just held it in one hand and used the impact tool > to unscrew. It works a charm! > >> >> I didn't use impact to install element. Just tightened it good with the >> plumbers tape. > I would have too, except I was lazy :) I do reflect on my own personal > weakness in not getting the 'right' tool from the shed in this instance, but > the impact tool just spun it in and then I gave it a tiny bit of impact and > it was done. I'd probably do the same again - only because it is quick and > simple. The risk of manually torquing and bending the boiler stuff VS over > impact-er-ation is about the same I'd reckon... I do personally prefer to > torque things manually and 'feel' it though! >> >> Also, I don't think there is any point buying an impact wrench for this. Buy >> some beers for the guys at the local service station. > > As an engineer type person: tools are cool :) Of course *I'd* buy one if I > didn't already have it :) Beers work too though! But the 18v battery tool is > somewhat less brutal than an air rattle gun. Assembly with an air impact > would be utterly terrifying, but it'd probably be fine for removal - except > the time the force is applied with an air rattle gun is much longer than the > battery thing. So there would be more nett torque on the boiler (hence the > vice). > > So summary: it does work just fine. Done it more than once! > > Cheers > > /Kevin > > -- > 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/4048bb43-123d-dc90-405c-a16d14ddf715%40gmail.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/A0DB7A1F-06E3-4946-9D54-6E4896B4E1BF%40aol.com.
