I got sucked into the recent Keg Connection sale where they were selling some racetrack lid kegs. I got one of each style - single metal handle and double rubber handle. They both hold pressure and work fine, but man, these things are a little different.
I've done some research here and found out the Firestone racetracks come with these "spacers" in the post that fit under the poppet. These plastic/vinyl spacers are slightly shorter than the ones you can still buy at places like Williams.
Well, my keg has one of these vinyl spacers on the gas side, but on the liquid side there looks to be a "SS spacer" with an o-ring/gasket on each side of the spacer.
Sorry for the poor phone pic but here are the spacers:
It looks like a regular dip tube o-ring will work fine for the smaller o-ring on the spacer, but the bottom of the spacer holds a thicker, flat gasket - it's on the far right. One o-ring isn't tall enough to make the seal and 2 o-rings appear to be too tall - the 2nd one won't stay on.
Does anyone know the size of this gasket? Is this just one of those "quad-core" o-rings you can order from McMaster? Same size or different ?
Is that bigger gasket just one of these?: http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_40_271_560&products_id=10799
The keg holds pressure fine, but I would really prefer to change out all the original gaskets/o-rings with new ones before I start using it. (I think from this point on, I'm just going to stick with Cornelius brand or the new kegs so all the parts are universal and I'm not messing with so many different parts/brands/sizes/etc......)
thanks for any help you can provide.
I've done some research here and found out the Firestone racetracks come with these "spacers" in the post that fit under the poppet. These plastic/vinyl spacers are slightly shorter than the ones you can still buy at places like Williams.
Well, my keg has one of these vinyl spacers on the gas side, but on the liquid side there looks to be a "SS spacer" with an o-ring/gasket on each side of the spacer.
Sorry for the poor phone pic but here are the spacers:
It looks like a regular dip tube o-ring will work fine for the smaller o-ring on the spacer, but the bottom of the spacer holds a thicker, flat gasket - it's on the far right. One o-ring isn't tall enough to make the seal and 2 o-rings appear to be too tall - the 2nd one won't stay on.
Does anyone know the size of this gasket? Is this just one of those "quad-core" o-rings you can order from McMaster? Same size or different ?
Is that bigger gasket just one of these?: http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_40_271_560&products_id=10799
The keg holds pressure fine, but I would really prefer to change out all the original gaskets/o-rings with new ones before I start using it. (I think from this point on, I'm just going to stick with Cornelius brand or the new kegs so all the parts are universal and I'm not messing with so many different parts/brands/sizes/etc......)
thanks for any help you can provide.