Hey everybody, I’m trying to keg my brew for the first time today. I bought a used corny keg off of a co-worker and disassembled it, I also had to replace the gas in dip tube it was badly bent. Now I simply cannot re-attach the posts, and I’m pretty positive the dip tubes are not switched. Is the long beer out dip tube supposed to be flush with the keg? Mine’s sticking out and won’t go flush, unless I try pushing it down REALLY hard. I’m wondering if that’s the problem.
Sometimes the dip tubes have little protrusions on them that go into matching slots on the ID of the keg fitting. Try rotating the tube back and forth to make the features mate. You might have to reach into the keg to be able to rotate the dip tube.
Good luck
I feel like the end of the dip tube is where its supposed to be though. Part of me wants to just hammer it down but if I do that who knows if I’ll be able to get it back out.
edit: @bonjour I’ve never cut steel before am I going to need a buzzsaw or something for that?
If the tube is touching the bottom of the keg and still standing proud of the top, cut 1/2 inch off. Make sure to de-burr the cut when you’re done.
Paul
*** Edit
I went back and read the OP again. I thought he had replaced the dip tube not the gas in tube. Like Denny said, it should fit back in if that’s the keg it came out of. Like Jeffy said, is it in the correct hole?
The thing is, once it gets lower than height that I have it in the picture, its basically stuck and I have to yank it back out to move it around. Though the bottom of the tube isn’t touching the bottom of the keg yet.
AHA! This was it. The top of the dip tube had tiny little indents that went along with the keg insert, alligning that plus I used some petrol lube did it.
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