Using the washer to remove the lid can bend, ripple or leave a protrusion that will either affect future sealing or chunk up the rubber on the rollers or just make a clicking noise on the uncovered rollers on a 3# Lortone. My method is to use a plastic bicycle tire “iron” the exact same way as the washer but cannot damage the edge of the lid. Pushing the bike tire removal tool perpendicularly to the bottom of the lid then twist, rotate barrel 180 degrees and do it again, then 90 then 180 again. The lid will stay straight for years.
Using the washer to remove the lid can bend, ripple or leave a protrusion that will either affect future sealing or chunk up the rubber on the rollers or just make a clicking noise on the uncovered rollers on a 3# Lortone.
My method is to use a plastic bicycle tire “iron” the exact same way as the washer but cannot damage the edge of the lid.
Pushing the bike tire removal tool perpendicularly to the bottom of the lid then twist, rotate barrel 180 degrees and do it again, then 90 then 180 again.
The lid will stay straight for years.
I’d never heard that before. It hasn’t been a problem for me so far, but thanks for the comment!
@@edcctf the 3lbs lids are no prob but using a Park tool tire iron on your QT66/Qt12 lids is the way.
@@Shazzamm1971 I was thinking that. My 3lbs don’t generally take much to pop off, but sometimes the 12 is pretty hard.