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Chad · 07-23-2008, 09:48 PM

Finally got a kegging setup! Woohoo. I have a question, though. I'm trying to break down the kegs for a good cleaning and am having trouble getting the posts off. A crescent wrench doesn't fit well in the gap in the top, and I don't have a socket deep enough to fit over the post. I can get the wrench around the standard hex nut but it doesn't work as well on the star nut. Neither wants to budge. Is there a trick to this?

Thanks!
Chad

**the_bird** · 07-23-2008, 09:49 PM

I bought a set of cheap deep sockets for this purpose.

**Chriso** · 07-23-2008, 09:54 PM

I had 12-point closed-end wrenches already in my tool chest, they work well. The problem I usually have is the damn things are on so tight......

I'm with Bird's stance, if I ever get around to buying them. Dedicated deep-socket set.

**BierMuncher** · 07-23-2008, 10:02 PM

Craftsmen:

Great thing about these is that if the post are really stuck...you can whack this wrench with a three pound sledge to knock it loose.
These also work on normal fittings.

MattMann · 07-23-2008, 11:28 PM

+1 on Craftsman........Anything you can hit with a 3 pound sledge, is alright in my book.

ben_j8mmin · 07-23-2008, 11:47 PM

I read on another forum about a guy who clamped the lock in a bench vice and turned the whole keg.
Ben

**Chriso** · 07-24-2008, 12:28 AM

I hope he clamped his wrench, and not the corny post itself! Those need to be round and unscratched, if possible! If you put a bunch of gouges in your corny post, you could experience leaking, warping, chewing up the inside of your QD's... just generally bad news!

Blender · 07-24-2008, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the_bird

I bought a set of cheap deep sockets for this purpose.

I did the same thing because I knew I would be using them quite often.

**BlindLemonLars** · 07-24-2008, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chriso

I had 12-point closed-end wrenches already in my tool chest, they work well. The problem I usually have is the damn things are on so tight......

I've had a few posts that absolutely wouldn't budge by hand. Apparently that cola syrup turns to crazy glue when it's on there long enough! Solution? I zipped em' off with a deep socket and my air-impact wrench! Overkill, perhaps. Effective, definitely!

**the_bird** · 07-24-2008, 12:55 AM

The reason that I'm an idiot, though, was that I bought a set of six-sided sockets, then the next batch of kegs I got from NB mostly needed the twelve-point sockets, so I ended up with two sets. BUY THE TWELVE-POINT SET!

IIRC, on sale the set of ten or twelve sockets was only like $20 or so. Craftsman - but not their best!