pbrosnan
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 8/6/04
- Messages
- 901
- Reaction score
- 3
Hi all,
Been using my 2 roller MM for about 12 months (12 or so brews). All was fine up until last brew. I started up the motor and began to fill the hopper. I quickly noticed that the level of grain in the hopper wasn't dropping. After some investigation (i.e. taking off the hopper and sundry bits of my crappy carpentry) I found that the grain wasn't being pulled into the rollers.
With the motor running at normal rpms the grain just bounces around on the rollers, the non-powered roller doesn't turn at all although it will turn when pushed by hand so it's not obstructed or seized. The strange thing is I haven't changed anything, it started happening out of the blue. I've fallen back to my drill powered Marga which hasn't missed a beat in over 40 brews. The MM was a replacement for the Marga but after spending 2 hours this arvo fiddling with the gap and stripping the whole thing and still not getting anywhere I'm thinking I may be better off motorising the Marga.
Has anyone else had anything similar happen?
cheers
Patrick.
Been using my 2 roller MM for about 12 months (12 or so brews). All was fine up until last brew. I started up the motor and began to fill the hopper. I quickly noticed that the level of grain in the hopper wasn't dropping. After some investigation (i.e. taking off the hopper and sundry bits of my crappy carpentry) I found that the grain wasn't being pulled into the rollers.
With the motor running at normal rpms the grain just bounces around on the rollers, the non-powered roller doesn't turn at all although it will turn when pushed by hand so it's not obstructed or seized. The strange thing is I haven't changed anything, it started happening out of the blue. I've fallen back to my drill powered Marga which hasn't missed a beat in over 40 brews. The MM was a replacement for the Marga but after spending 2 hours this arvo fiddling with the gap and stripping the whole thing and still not getting anywhere I'm thinking I may be better off motorising the Marga.
Has anyone else had anything similar happen?
cheers
Patrick.