Need hammer to get disconnects on

[petep1980]

Until recently they went on with the force of my hand. Now they're tight as hell and I have to use a hammer to hit them on. I know I'm connecting to the correst post.

Could my keg have warped? Could it be thermal expansion?

 

[JesseRC]

you should never have to use a hammer on them. They have to be the wrong ones. Is this the same for every keg? Have you tried it on other post. Perhaps you've got some gunk build up, you can take them apart to clean.

 

[Edcculus]

Do you have the posts wrong? They look like the same size, but its very hard to get the gas disconnect on the liquid post and vice versa. Double check. Your gas post is usually the one that looks like a star. The liquid is a typical hex shape.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Gas in posts have a groove formed in the lower part of the post. You have installed a liquid post on the gas side. It is a pretty common problem and actually was the question that first brought me to HBT.

 

[petep1980]

OMG, how on earth did I do this. I knew they were different sizes.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I have trouble connecting and disconnecting my white gas connects to their posts. Never have a problem with the OUT post and black connects. I'm on the right post. They have either the star pattern, the notch or both. Are there any kegs that use these indicators for the beer post instead of the gas post?

 

[JesseRC]

OMG, how on earth did I do this. I knew they were different sizes.

Just a mental note to yourself, if you have to use a hammer, you might have done something wrong!

 

[petep1980]

I put the beer line on the in line, then I went and cranked up the psi to force carb. Meanwhile the gas line was just laying about in the kegger.

I guess my beer won't be ready as quickly as I want it either.

 

[wildwest450]

I vote for the warped keg, whatever that is.:cross:

 

[petep1980]

The keg has about 2.5 gallons left in it. Will it take half the time to force carb than a new 5 gallon batch?

 

[JesseRC]

The keg has about 2.5 gallons left in it. Will it take half the time to force carb than a new 5 gallon batch?

You've been drinking flat beer? not that its bad, but half of a keg of flat beer. It should carb faster since you have more headspace. But not a whole lot faster.

 

[petep1980]

I primed it with sugar before and overprimed it. I drank about half the keg overprimed. I connected a different keg and continued to bleed the pressure to get it back to equilibrium.

It probably still has some carbonation, so it may be ready sooner. We'll see.

 

[Shooter]

Just an FYI, I got a gray gas in disconnect, labelled GAS, with my recent keg setup that was definitely NOT for the gas side. All the other disconnects were properly labelled, but this one would not fit on the gas posts of ANY of my kegs or over a carbonater cap. It fits great over the line out however.