Question about Perlick faucets?

[Want2Brew]

I bought a Perlick faucet a few months ago and did not have a faucet wrench to install it with and could not get it to seal up on the shank so I ordered a wrench and tried to install the faucet over the weekend and still can't get it to tighten up enough to seal? Are all shanks splined and sized the same or is the one I have some odd ball that is causing me trouble? Any one else have this problem? Thanks in advance.

 

[Dave46382]

I have 3 and just tightened them by hand.

 

[rodd]

Is there an o-ring there that gets pressed between the shank and faucet? I have had one fall out before.

 

[Want2Brew]

Yeah, the o-ring is in there but it's like it is not quite thick enough to seal or something.

 

[shortyjacobs]

There is a snap ring on each shank. Move it to the farther position away from the faucet.

 

[Homercidal]

I don't have a wrench and managed to easily seal my perlicks by hand. I don't remember there being a snap ring in mine either. I have taken apart completely more than once for cleaning.

 

[JayBullen]

Had the same problem with 2 new Perlick Perls I bought recently. Wanted to add an additional tap to my existing tower, but after taking the old faucet off I couldn't get either Perlick to tighten up on the old shank. But, I had no problem putting one on the new shank I bought, so I think the old shank is just a POS. Gonna order a new one and hopefully it will work.

 

[shortyjacobs]

I don't have a wrench and managed to easily seal my perlicks by hand. I don't remember there being a snap ring in mine either. I have taken apart completely more than once for cleaning.

Not on the faucet, on the shank. The snap ring holds the collar that screws onto the faucet threads. On my shanks, (bought from two places), there are two groves for the snap ring, and sometimes it's on the inner groove and sometimes it's on the outer. For Perlicks, the farther groove from the faucet seems to space the snap ring correctly to hold the collar to seat the faucet. I was very confused when I got one shank with the snap ring on the outer groove, and couldn't make it tighten up.

 

[Want2Brew]

Thanks for the input guys, I will have another look at it and see what I can come up with. I will report back with what I find.