jskennedy1979
Active Member
I bought two used ball lock cornies a few months ago. I broke the first one down without much issue. The second one was a real pain. After several attempts at hammering a wrench to loosen it, soaking it in various solutions, and good ole fashion muscle I couldn't get the posts to budge. I gave up and resigned to taking it to an auto parts shop to put some real torque on it. I gave it one last attempt before I hit up Pep Boys and stuck a piece of scrap wood through the handles and rocked all of my weight on the ratchet and it finally popped off.
I WIN!!
I took the posts off and inspected the keg and it looks like I really lost. The piece where the posts screw into is now slightly bent. I filled the keg with StarSan and hooked up the gas and the gas post (one in question) was bubbling away with an obvious leak.
Is there a way to fix this? Do I need to have the part re-soldered? The leak appears between the metal piece and the rubber lining. Thanks for the help.
I WIN!!
I took the posts off and inspected the keg and it looks like I really lost. The piece where the posts screw into is now slightly bent. I filled the keg with StarSan and hooked up the gas and the gas post (one in question) was bubbling away with an obvious leak.
Is there a way to fix this? Do I need to have the part re-soldered? The leak appears between the metal piece and the rubber lining. Thanks for the help.