Draft handle help!!!!

[Roycebarrow]

OK,


so previous to having a party, my draft handles were vertical. the next day they were pointed back like a 45 degree angle. Is there some way to adjust the position to make them vertical again? I have loosened and messed with everything I could think of, maybe someone has fixed this before.

Thanks!

 

[RevKev]

A picture would help.. not sure if it's the beers or the wording that is the cause for my lack of understanding of the angle of your handles.

What kind of handles do you have? Homemade? Direct steel or plastic attachments?

 

[MaryB]

sounds to me like someone bent them...

 

[SGTSparty]

Are the faucets still vertical and just the handles bent backwards? If so it definitely sounds bent, question will be is it just the handle or did they jack up your faucet? Pictures would help and as well as what time of faucets do you have?

 

[RevKev]

Another thought yes the faucet if it is a standard faucet and is going beyond vertical ... Internals are done flocced up

 

[Roycebarrow]

Thanks for the quick responses. It doesn't look to be bent, but that is definitely what I thought also. When I get home I will post a picture. They all still work fine luckily, just a cosmetic bug that I cant leave alone at this point

 

[Roycebarrow]

ok here is a pic. It is hard to see how the first two (shiner and tecate) handles are not like the other two. Maybe i'll just disconnect the air and bend it back vertical....should be interesting. thoughts?

 

[Roycebarrow]

Another thought yes the faucet if it is a standard faucet and is going beyond vertical ... Internals are done flocced up

Yeah, I mean everything still works so I don't want to mess with it too much, but it just bugs me like crazy when I walk by it.

 

[RevKev]

Lucky because that happened to my old brass plated faucets and it snapped. Luckily no beer was harmed during that incident but had to buy new faucets. If they are brass you are piss outta luck I don't think you'll bend it into shape with it shattering

 

[Roycebarrow]

Lucky because that happened to my old brass plated faucets and it snapped. Luckily no beer was harmed during that incident but had to buy new faucets. If they are brass you are piss outta luck I don't think you'll bend it into shape with it shattering

Well, I got tired of looking at that bent madness. Figured id either bend it and break it, or have to buy another one either way. I cut the air off and bent it the other direction and all seems to be in working order for now. Still hard to imaging why someone would have bent it like an A hole. oh well, thanks for the advice!

 

[IwanaBrich]

I think this may help with the angle of the tap. It is called a angle bonnet. I hope this helps.

https://www.kegworks.com/angle-bonnet-for-draft-beer-faucet

https://pull01-kegworks.netdna-ssl....8d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/s/dsc_5370-thing-b4_2.jpg

 

[william_shakes_beer]

post mortem; What was bent? the shank? the valve stem? the handle?

 

[Roycebarrow]

post mortem; What was bent? the shank? the valve stem? the handle?

Thanks for the help and input everyone! Update: I just very carefully bent the stem back. Looks normal now. Next time prior to letting people pour their beers, maybe I will have to give a class on how not to monkey grip things haha! also I went ahead and covered it this past weekend so i'm pretty satisfied with all my little nuances

 

[Roycebarrow]

Not sure if this posted or not, the only issue I have had is it takes one draft slightly longer to put the beer now. No biggie! Closed all the way and still works

 

[william_shakes_beer]

With handles that long it's easy to pump up the moment with a feather medium touch.