New shanks don't fit!

[Mat B]

I'm building a keezer and today went to install my taps. I have 2 brumby style taps that were used on a tower on my old kegerator. Thanks to the generosity of malt junkie I now have some new shanks so I can mount it to the keezer collar. Only issue is, they don't fit for a few reasons.

The new shanks have a much shallower concave section inside, whereas my old short ones it's pretty deep. This means my tap's spring are too big. Also, my old shanks have a rubber seal/grommet that seals against the tap when screwed together. The longer shanks don't have this, and I can screw the collar further than it should go (without the spring, which is too big to even get the shank and tap near each other). It clearly doesn't seal.

I guess my question is; can you get parts from somewhere like Keg King that will solve this, or am I destined to buy new shanks or taps?

Here's a few pics for reference.

Cheers hombres!

 

[Mat B]

Sorry, looks like this came through twice. Ignore this second thread. I don't know how to delete.

Other post was deleted.

 

[dibbz]

I'd ditch the springs, or cut em down if you feel really attached to them, I reused an old tap from a keg king setup on a ball lock adapter without the spring and it works fine.

Or get some new forward sealing taps too

If you don't want to recover that rubber ring off the old shank, go to bunnings you can go for a o-ring from the plumbing dept, 18mm I think was closest, or get a cheap plastic tap like yer fermenter has from the camping section and re-purpose the rubber bit, which is what I ended up doing.

It's weird they leave that bit out and there's no mention of it.

 

[Mat B]

Alright cool, I'll try that. Thanks!