my shorty 357 2.0 died today after about a week and a half of use. It was flooding into my catch cup on the Reo. Every time I squeezed juice into it, it came flooding out into the catch cup. As soon as I put it on this morning it was having hit and miss burn tastes. I think I may have soaked it too long in pga (I do that!) Left it soaking overnight (3rd time, just forgetfulness). I must have dissolved an important piece inside that helps keep the juice from leaking out (all I can think of) before it died, I slammed it on the table 3 times (on the drip side) and that actually repositioned the insides about a quarter inch or more up towards the drip tip. Took a couple more hits....death! I opened a ticket at Avid to hopefully have it fixed.
On a better side my long barrel is still performing nicely (cleaned the same way, with forgetfulness) It's probably due to react the same way shortly....you think?