Did you use sealant that came with replacement element in a small plastic bag?
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 24, 2021, at 2:14 AM, Eric Christoffersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well color me surprised, I thought the holes were for design but didn’t look > usable. Ok, just verified, my socket is too large to fit the hole… > > .I own a corded impact wrench but didn’t when I first replaced my heater > element. It was severely difficult to remove the element from the boiler, > clamped in vice and emitting noxious smoke at service station. This was a b2 > with fabled epoxy sealant. Now that element has been out it can come out > easily with wrench. > >> On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 9:30:05 AM UTC-8 KJM 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/81ca77f2-3c1c-424f-ad52-46622dd85e5bn%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/2D99CFA4-133C-42FB-91C7-D863116ED04D%40aol.com.
