[SIZE=medium]Step one is to remove the post from the keg, this one is one I have had sitting in my spares box for a couple of years, it would have been tossed in there and replaced with one that wasn’t leaking. The 2 and 3 pin Australian posts are exactly the same inside as the Australian ball lock posts and except for the outside O-Ring need the same parts.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Turn it over and you will see a cir-clip holding the internals in place[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Using a pair of needle nose pliers or similar (had a pair of surgical forceps that gave me years of service), some people find it easier to hook the cir-clip out with a small screwdriver[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]The parts are in the order they come out (well they usually fall in a pile on the table but...). Cir-clip, 6 hole washer, spring and spindle (with the rubber Mushroom or Top Hat washer) the spindle is made of two parts and will slide apart. It’s pretty obvious why this one was leaking.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]I use a small coffee stainless coffee machine cleaning brush to remove any crud, whatever you use get all the parts nice and clean before reassembling.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Once its all clean, fit the new top hat (or mushroom ) washer, sit the post on the table and drop all the parts back in, Spindle reassembled with new washer, spring around it then the 6 hole washer.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Doesn’t worry about the spindle lining up with the middle of the washer yet, even if it does now by the time you get the cir-clip reinserted it won’t![/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Fit the cir-clip, I find starting the side opposite the leg on the clip first then curling the clip in until it’s in the body of the post works best. Don’t try to push it in too far, just get it in there.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Line the spindle up with the middle of the 6 hole washer, a small screwdriver is really handy for doing this[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Secret weapon time, I usually use a piece of ½” copper pipe, but anything that will push the cir-clip down and keep it square to the post body will work. Whatever you use it needs to have a hole in the centre so the point of the spindle can come through it.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Press the cir-clip down until you hear it “Click” back into its grove[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Have a look to make sure that the spindle is going through the centre of the washer, then turn the post over and press the top of the spindle to make sure it’s moving freely (and that the guts don’t fall out on the table).[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]Done – it’s a good idea to replace all the parts at the same time, the life saver has-been there under pressure for as long as the mushroom/top hat and you can see what has happened to it,[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=medium]If you look at the posts, where the spanner goes you can see a small nick in the tips of all the flats, the post on the right is the Gas Post, the one on the left is the Beer Out Post, posts can be a variety of shapes, Hex, Round and Metrinch are all pretty common, in all cases there is a grove or notch on the Gas posts that is missing from the beer posts.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]If you want a mnemonic to help you remember. The plastic Gas disconnects are Grey and the Beer ones are Black, so.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Black Bare Beer – Grey Grooved Gas.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Works to keep me from making too many silly mistakes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Mark[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Turn it over and you will see a cir-clip holding the internals in place[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Using a pair of needle nose pliers or similar (had a pair of surgical forceps that gave me years of service), some people find it easier to hook the cir-clip out with a small screwdriver[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]The parts are in the order they come out (well they usually fall in a pile on the table but...). Cir-clip, 6 hole washer, spring and spindle (with the rubber Mushroom or Top Hat washer) the spindle is made of two parts and will slide apart. It’s pretty obvious why this one was leaking.[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]I use a small coffee stainless coffee machine cleaning brush to remove any crud, whatever you use get all the parts nice and clean before reassembling.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]
[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Once its all clean, fit the new top hat (or mushroom ) washer, sit the post on the table and drop all the parts back in, Spindle reassembled with new washer, spring around it then the 6 hole washer.[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Doesn’t worry about the spindle lining up with the middle of the washer yet, even if it does now by the time you get the cir-clip reinserted it won’t![/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Fit the cir-clip, I find starting the side opposite the leg on the clip first then curling the clip in until it’s in the body of the post works best. Don’t try to push it in too far, just get it in there.[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Line the spindle up with the middle of the 6 hole washer, a small screwdriver is really handy for doing this[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Secret weapon time, I usually use a piece of ½” copper pipe, but anything that will push the cir-clip down and keep it square to the post body will work. Whatever you use it needs to have a hole in the centre so the point of the spindle can come through it.[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Press the cir-clip down until you hear it “Click” back into its grove[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Have a look to make sure that the spindle is going through the centre of the washer, then turn the post over and press the top of the spindle to make sure it’s moving freely (and that the guts don’t fall out on the table).[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]Done – it’s a good idea to replace all the parts at the same time, the life saver has-been there under pressure for as long as the mushroom/top hat and you can see what has happened to it,[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=medium]If you look at the posts, where the spanner goes you can see a small nick in the tips of all the flats, the post on the right is the Gas Post, the one on the left is the Beer Out Post, posts can be a variety of shapes, Hex, Round and Metrinch are all pretty common, in all cases there is a grove or notch on the Gas posts that is missing from the beer posts.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]If you want a mnemonic to help you remember. The plastic Gas disconnects are Grey and the Beer ones are Black, so.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Black Bare Beer – Grey Grooved Gas.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Works to keep me from making too many silly mistakes.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=medium]Mark[/SIZE]
