Also one more thing. I bought some cool colored orings from the table at vc, and I'm having a bit of trouble getting the quarts tube off to put those on and clean it. I took the top oring off but I can not get it to slide up at all, I put some juice and am letting it set in... hopefully then it will become more slippery. Maybe im just not strong enough, normally my bf does stuff like this but he's working late today. If there's a trick to this, pls let me know, I've watched all the zen vids and cant figure out what I'm doing wrong. TIA.
If you can get the tube to twist around on the ZAP, then it's just a matter of twisting it while you lift it slowly upwards....temperature changes with no liquid in it will cause expansion of the SS and it could just be a tighter fit...dry o-rings will stick to a slick surface like that and if you can get it to turn, then it won't be as hard as either the tank or orings that moved...when I do an extreme cleaning of my z-atty's, I remove the tank and o-rings.. reinstalling them, I lightly coat the o-rings with a bit of juice so it's a little easier to twist the tank back in place...
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