All The Best for 2015 Everyone! – Elma Super Elite Basket Retainer

Hope you all had a fab Christmas. I finally got round to fitting my new Elma basket retainer, and oh boy, (Sam Beckett voice), it was not a straight bolt on fit. That’s what I first thought, but after some light sandpapering the motor shaft after removing the old retainer, some added grease, I was then able to slide the new retainer on, but it would not go all the way onto the shaft.

What I ended up having to do is to place a small metal die on top of the heater chamber lid, lower down the shaft and new retainer ensuring the springs were free of the die, and then gently tapped the shaft from the top until it was in the correct position on the shaft, which as some of you may know is very important for jar depth clearance.

Anyway, onto some photos, I know you all like photos, myself included 🙂

Old retainer removed. (If anyone wishes to buy this, drop me a pmessage.

Then the new one fitted.

And basket trial fitted..

We had another foot of snow overnight, and its still snowing out, temps got down to -18, but that was it for now, its +3 today, and the snow is wet. March and April is when we get the real cold, -35 🙂

May I take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you all the very best for 2015.!