Is my beer shank big enough?

[TBLbrewer]

Is a 2" beer shank long enough to work through a 3/4" piece of plywood?

 

[randyisrad]

um....I teach English not math, but I'm fairly certain 3/4" is smaller than 2".
Why wouldn't it go through it?

 

[jspence1]

That's really making me think. I'd say it would be close do you already have the shanks? The 3" ones are only $1 more and you would be safe provided you have the space

 

[Whut]

IMHO the answer is whether you'd be able to tighten the tail piece sufficiently to prevent leakage. To be safe, I'd go with the 3" shank.

 

[Flyin]

3" is tight for a 1-1/2" cooler wall. About 1/8"-1/4" thread showing between the beer nut & shank nut.

 

[TBLbrewer]

Thanks to everyone. This was exactly my fear, that all the pieces and parts would take up to much space on the shank. I'll have to check, but I think the place I was going to order from only has 2" or 4" shanks.

 

[Scut_Monkey]

I was flip flopping between 4 or 3 inchers and finally said screw it and went with the ones I KNEW would be long enough. I suggest the same.