EXTREMELY tight gas ball valves

jcorn · Nov 18, 2013

I have a very hard time pulling off my gas ball lock valves off of all five of my ball lock corny kegs. Each keg has it's own ball lock valve and I am tired of busting my knuckles to remove them. Is there a way of lubricating them with food grade lube or something?

day_trippr · Nov 18, 2013

Keg lube - "food grade" silicone grease. Typically found in the plumbing aisle.
Definitely give it a try...

Cheers!

jcorn · Nov 18, 2013

Thanks pal

joshjv · Nov 19, 2013

If you can't get it locally:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=keg+lube

I use the first one, the black tub from Midwest..

DrunkleJon · Nov 19, 2013

Also make sure your posts are correct. I find that ball lock posts can be really tight if I put the wrong QD on the wrong post. Or get my posts swapped.

jcorn · Nov 20, 2013

I will snatch some from work at the pepsi plant lol valves are on correct just so dang hard to pull off

joshjv · Nov 20, 2013

jcorn said:
I will snatch some from work at the pepsi plant lol valves are on correct just so dang hard to pull off

Sweet, handy to be able to get that at work! Can up get me a box of the 2L performs for storing yeasties?!

NickTheGreat · Nov 20, 2013

DrunkleJon said:
Also make sure your posts are correct. I find that ball lock posts can be really tight if I put the wrong QD on the wrong post. Or get my posts swapped.

I learned that when I had to use a pliers and saw to take my gas post off the liquid

JRems · Nov 20, 2013

The correct name is disconnect not ball valve( that what you put on your brew pot)
anyway I have seen some kegs get very hard to attach and detach when using the new universal poppets. That could be an issue. If it's not The problem, use keg lube like recommended and it should fix the problem.

jcorn · Nov 21, 2013

Crap I did call them ball valves, haha. I did not even notice that until you pointed it out. I have not been sleeping much. I guess it is starting to show... got some food grade lube so hopefully it works to my advantage on the quick disconnects. The posts that I am attaching to all say gas on them unless someone has somehow attached a liquid post to a gas post prior to buying them.

DrunkleJon · Nov 21, 2013

NickTheGreat said:
I learned that when I had to use a pliers and saw to take my gas post off the liquid

I can usually get them off with a bit of finaegaling, but it is darn tight.

sachsebrewer · Nov 21, 2013

Yep, sounds like you have liquid posts on gas side. If so they will be a bear to get off.

jcorn · Dec 15, 2013

Food grade grease made all the difference. These babies slip on and off now with ease. When they got colder they seemed much harder to detach.

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