Quickconnect female. 1/2" MPT

[neal.p]

Heya,

I bought a few Quickconnect female. 1/2" MPT about 2 years ago and they've worked well. However, I left them in sanitiser for a while and now they are almost impossible to get on and off. I guess they need lubing? How do I go about doing that?

After way too much googling I found a video on how to dissamble but there wasn't any info about which parts to lube and which not too (which is usually straight forward .

Thanks!

 

[razz]

Sounds like the balks have seized up and won’t push in. Maybe a cotton bud with a few drops of oil on them to get them moving again? I use food grade lube on my kegs, try that also.

 

[neal.p]

Thanks, so there's no drama with wort contact as it's food grade and because of the ball locations?

 

[Wobbly74]

The balls are behind the o-ring seal so don't come in to direct wort contact. You could try some olive oil.