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Removing the shower holding plate on a Gaggia Classic

  • 28-05-2013 08:34PM
    #1
    zagmund
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭


    I'm in the middle of the semi-annual process of cleaning my Gaggia Classic and I'm stuck at the same point again so I'm looking for a little help.

    I've taken off the shower head, and I've removed the two allen screws which hold in the shower holding plate - step 6 in this process - http://www.bluebox.com.au/jcrayon/gaggia/

    But now the shower holding plate won't come off. This is possibly because it's being held in place by several months worth of coffee grinds which have formed a bond with it.

    I've tried levering it from the side, I've tried levering it with assorted things in the sockets/holes that are exposed, but it just won't budge. It used to come off easily enough, but in recent years it's more and more troublesome.

    Does anyone have any tips for getting it loose?

    Thanks,

    z

    p.s. is this guy really, really thorough, or do other people go to this level of disassembly when cleaning theirs - http://protofusion.org/wordpress/2012/04/gaggia-classic-disassembly-and-cleaning/


Comments

  • #2
    PPC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,396 ✭✭✭PPC


    Do you have a blank disc for backflushing?
    Put some cleaner into that and leave it sit for 20 mins or so, should loosen it up.


  • #3
    zagmund
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,501 ✭✭✭zagmund


    Thanks - will try.

    Actually that brings up a good point. I have descaler & cleaner - does it make sense to let them have at the machine first and then go in and see what's left, or does it make sense to attack it manually first and clean off the big obvious bits and then let the descaler & cleaner go to work on the difficult stuff?

    z


  • #4
    snollup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭snollup


    zagmund wrote: »
    Thanks - will try.

    Actually that brings up a good point. I have descaler & cleaner - does it make sense to let them have at the machine first and then go in and see what's left, or does it make sense to attack it manually first and clean off the big obvious bits and then let the descaler & cleaner go to work on the difficult stuff?

    z

    I actually do both, quick clean first and then disassemble and manually clean.

    You've just reminded that clean is long overdue, thats Saturday afternoon sorted!


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