Re: All right, so I need my hand held
- From: "Brent" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:57:58 +1200
If we are talking the bog standard 8 or 8.5 mm gasket, and the old one is
knackered, then you are just going to have to force the thing out.
Brent
(been there done that...)
>I finally got a socket wrench set so I could take apart my Isomac
> Cappuccina and get to the gasket. I was disappointed. I had been told
> that all I needed to do to get out the group gasket was to pry it out,
> but I can't seem to get the leverage to do it; thus, I figured, I must
> need to remove the group head. Or something. In the center of the group
> hed was a narrow-headed hex bolt, so I figured that if I removed that I
> would be able to remove whatever is blocking my access to the gasket.
>
> In short, I was wrong. I removed the bolt, which turned out to be hollow
> and had a spring inside, and the shower screen came off. That was it.
> Exposed was the disk that was the inside of the group head and the hole
> in the center. There was absolutely no change in my access to the
> gasket. So, I figured, I might need to remove the four hex nuts
> surrounding the group head. This accomplished nothing beyond loosening
> the entire group head, so I put the whole thing back together. I did it
> properly, as it still works the way it is supposed to, but I still have
> leakage coming from the gasket.
>
> I give up. I am begging for assistance. Can someone give me
> instructions, microstep by microstep, on how to get this gasket out?? I
> can't even order a new one until I get the old one out so I can send a
> pic of it to Espresso Resources (or whatever it was called). Why doesn't
> it pry out when I use a screwdriver or similar on it? What do I need to
> do??
>
>
> Scot "mechanically inept" Murphy
>
> --
>
> Yeah the revolution starts now
> In your own backyard
> In your own hometown
> So what you doin¹ standin¹ around?
> Just follow your heart
> The revolution starts now
> --Steve Earle
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