Recent content by Zachary Macmillen

Thanks, I lubed them and pushed them further down, so far no bubbles tonight.

@Mike Howard Thanks, I skipped replacing the duck valve and just get a little dripage when I pull the step filter out. Besides that no more pump issues. How the issue I am getting is the step arm bubbling back up. I took a look at your tear down and will do that. Should the silicone seals...

Yup, topped it off I switched the two pumps(including electric) and it was still having the same issue. I then tried my second step filter and it drained fine. After looking around, the rubber skirt inside the drain hole was torn, probably restricting flow. I pulled it out, any ideas on a...

I saw the part # a few months ago scanning the threads, thanks. I did a total disassembly/clean of them, nothing stuck, just a lot of build up. It seems most people switch both out at once, and possibly upgrade the flow rate. Does that seem to affect anything other than drain time? I saw...

Hi all, long time stalker first time poster I picked up a zymatic last year, tore it down, replaced tubing, cleaned pumps..... washed it really well. Picked up a rpi and have been going great up until a few batches ago. There has been an issue with the pumps, specifically the return/drain...

Hi I'm Zach I've been brewing for 17 years, and just wanted to discuss a few issues I am having with a zymatic I picked up cheap [Added by Moderator] Here's the post addressing these issues in the (main) Picobrew thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/picobrew-zymatic.434787/post-10306441