How do I get this disconnect off?

[chrismatteson]

I'll try to make a video in a bit. But basically I have one of the beer faucet handles with an mfl attachment and presently a ball lock connector on it. Something like this:

http://www.brewinternational.com/be...UO3LvjJ1fJP6jWpCt1kTR1qAv_3SWVPRCwBoCftrw_wcB

I used to swap it between the ball and pin lock disconnects whenever I was using a different type of keg (I use it mostly when I'm transferring beer between kegs, so it's actually spent the majority of it's life on a gas disconnect)

Well, I moved across the country, didn't brew for awhile, and it sat there. Now I can't get the dam disconnect off. The metal threads of the disconnect have broken free from the plastic and it just spins when I try to take it off. I tried boiling the whole thing, and soaking it in star san, can't seem to break the mfl threads free.

Any thoughts?

 

[Brettomomyces]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I2079E/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

And some locking pliers maybe?

 

[passedpawn]

Use a dremel / angle grinder, remove all plastic parts, then clamp a vise grip on the remaining metal nub and tug. Time to stop poosyfooting and get medieval.

 

[watermelon83]

+1 PB blaster is like Kroil on steroids.

 

[chrismatteson]

I actually have a bottle of Kroil... but the idea of putting that something which will later touch something I consume... seems bad.

 

[brew_ny]

I actually have a bottle of Kroil... but the idea of putting that something which will later touch something I consume... seems bad.

clean it and it is all good

 

[The_Bishop]

Disassemble the faucet before using the penetrating oil, minimise the exposure.

Also, I don't think penetrating oil is going to help. You need to get to where you can grab the metal parts with pliers/vicegrips to stop the spinning.

 

[chrismatteson]

So kroil didn't work. Angle grinder and vice grips did.