Drilled kettle valve hole too big - Help!

[jhsbaker]

So I thought that I only had one size of hole saw (the correct size for my kettle valve) , until I drilled the hole.

Turns out I have 1 1/4 in and 9 7/8 in.
Now I can't seal the gap.. I have washes that cover the gap but it still leaks.

Anybody got some advice to fix it?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Flange nuts

 

[Bridges]

Flange nuts

Thats a bit rough isn't it? Are you OK James? Lets stop this name calling before someone gets upset.





Oh yeah Stu's right Flange Nuts.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Oh yeah Stu's right Flange Nuts.

Thankfully, Bridges knows his flange

 

[Bridges]

Subject matter expert...

 

[MitchD]

If it is ss why don't you get it welded?

 

[jhsbaker]

I think that it will still leak around the edges of the flange nut because it is round. I have a washer on it and it is leaking from behind the washer. It is a $70 ebay job so it is probably cheaper to buy a new one than to ss weld. Measure twice, cut once.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

While your washer is in position run some silver solder around it.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Just looked at your pic, have you used galvanised fittings?

 

[mattlea266]

Have you got teflon tape on the thread going into the pot?

 

[TheWiggman]

As above, looks like it's leaking through the thread. Go bananas with thread tape and that should take care of the leak.

 

[malt and barley blues]

Thread tape won't stop it.

 

[droid]

kinda looks like the washer isn't bedding onto the flat part of the keg

 

[spog]

kinda looks like the washer isn't bedding onto the flat part of the keg

What droid said,try some rubber 'o' rings or raid the kitchen for a silicone baking mat and make some out of that.

 

[jimmy_jangles]

flange nuts with a silicone washer ( make sure it's food grade), i had dramas sealing my birko urn when i changed the tap, i tried a few things, but ended up using loxeal 58.11

 

[Maheel]

get a 1" valve and nipple off ebay and some ss bits like nuts etc as need

drill bigger and correct hole

fill your cube FASTER !!

problem solved

 

[jhsbaker]

Trying to get some 1in threaded pipe but everything I have seen has an unthreaded section in the middle. And idea where I can get it from? All the hydraulic shops are closed by the time I finish work so would like to get online. I live in Brisbane BTW.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

You can get brass parallel thread from Bunnings.

 

[MastersBrewery]

This pull through solder bulk head would probably be the best solution https://www.brewhardware.com/product_p/ptbulkhead.htm

 

[koots]

That's leaking through the threads mate, need to go nuts with the tape as when we brewers fit these things to kegs we don't use proper bulkheads therefore the o ring only seals between your washer and the kettle.