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[Brian72]

Its stuck so bad I broke the tap handle trying to pour a beer. I dont want to press my luck because I dont want to break the tower. Whats an easy way to get it flowin again?

[chauvan]

Could you remove it from the tower and let it soak overnight in a dishsoap solution?

[MolBasser]

Hot water, submerge the faucet.I did the same thing :)Now I need to buy a forward seal faucet. Should have done that in the first place.BrewBasser

[Brian72]

Hot water, submerge the faucet.I did the same thing :)Now I need to buy a forward seal faucet. Should have done that in the first place.BrewBasser

Already broke the hell out of it and took a beer shower, I think I bent the brass lever. I had perlicks on both but I had a rootbeer misshap and need to replace the rubbers in one so I threw on an old standard one in the mean time. I'll have to run to the mom and pop hardware store and see if i can get new o rings for the perlick.

[3rd party JKor]

Propane torch. BAM!

[weave]

Been there, done that. When they stick that bad, take em off and soak em.I broke one brass lever and bent two others before I went to forward seal fawcets.Fortunately the brass levers are inexpensivve.

[Trub L]

Its stuck so bad I broke the tap handle trying to pour a beer. I dont want to press my luck because I dont want to break the tower. Whats an easy way to get it flowin again?

Take off the tap topper and unscrew the cap. Dump in some warm water, wait a few minutes, then move the diverter (or whatever it's called on a beer faucet) with a flathead screwdriver. I've gotten some pretty gunked up ones going again that way.

[Brian72]

I need to run and try to find o rings that will fit my perlick so I can put it back on. fortunately my other perlick is ok and its just waiting for the pilsner to be tapped in another week or so. I just need to find the time to do it.

[BFB]

I "flow test" each faucet every day. That way they don't stick.

[Greatfookin]

I "flow test" each faucet every day. That way they don't stick.

Yes. The "flow test" works.

[3rd party JKor]

Yes. The "flow test" works.

And you get a reward for testing it!!!

[Zulu]

I use the beer 50c condoms that come from Micromatic, fill them with starsan and never worry .On the few occasions I have left them off and had a stuck faucet, I just overfill them and stuff them on, and the starsan flows into the workings and loosens them.

[Deerslyr]

I just came back from a 2 week vacation and the damn things felt like they were cemented. I took them off and disassembled down to the brass and tossed the faucets into a pitcher of lukewarm water. Hopefully that will do the trick. Until I get a some good faucets, I think when I go on vacation I'm going to disassemble the faucets, soak and clean them, and then keep them off the tower until I get back. Was pretty disappointed to get back and not be able to have my Fat Tire.Was going to ask the Brew Board how to get these things un-stuck, but figured I should use the "search" function first. If the soak doesn't work, are there any other options?

[3rd party JKor]

I use the beer 50c condoms that come from Micromatic, fill them with starsan and never worry .On the few occasions I have left them off and had a stuck faucet, I just overfill them and stuff them on, and the starsan flows into the workings and loosens them.

linky-poo?

[Thirsty]

linky-poo?

+1It definitely sounds like I need some of these. I ran out of eqipment to spend money on, always searching for more gadgets

[Deerslyr]

Great news... the beer if flowing again! Whew!

[gnef]

these might be it:https://www.micromat...pid-SP1000.html

[3rd party JKor]

these might be it:https://www.micromat...pid-SP1000.html

oooh, sexy!

[Deerslyr]

these might be it:https://www.micromat...pid-SP1000.html

So the advice is to fill those little condoms with StarSan before putting them on in order to prevent super-glue action?

[MakeMeHoppy]

there is no way you can solve a problem like this for as little as 35 cents!!! This looks like a good fix as it should prevent the beer from drying inside the faucet.I had stuck fauget problems on my kegerator for a while. Then I started to force a couple quarts of hot water back down the tap into the keg each time a keg kicked. My kegerator came with a bottle that attached to the faucet and this was nice as it also flushed my beer dip tube in the keg. Now I use the kegerator for a fermentation chamber and use cobra taps out of a fridge in the garage.