Corny sealing issues

[Beerbilly]

I just racked a cream ale off into a new keg after 6 weeks of cold conditioning. This is my first keg/draft attempt and I had some issues with the keg sealing. I was able to seal the lid with a quick blast quite easily, I then dropped the pressure to my required (12psi) and put it all back in the 38* freezer. I let that sit for aout an hour before I decided to go check on it and there was a small hiss comming from the lid seal. I cranked the psi up to 30 or so and it quit. Worried about loosing all of my co2 I cut off the bottle for the night. This moring prior to leaving for work I checked the keg by giving the bleed valve a little tweak. There was still co2 pressure in there. Does this mean my keg is sealed? How do you guys seal these things? My keg has been completly rebuilt. I was thinking about lubing the seal or something similar. Those leg brackets dont put a whole lot sealing force on the lid either.

[Beerbilly]

I finally got the thing to seal. One of the legs on the lid was bent out too much. After some surgical like adjustments (whacking with a hammer) I was able to get the thing back in line. Now the keg seals and I have already been enjoying the brew. Home draft rules!

[mortong]

Glad you got it working again. My 4 kegs feel so lonely now that they're cleaned. I can't wait to get beer in them!

[2pigs]

Try to use a sanke keg, you won't have to worry about that problem. These kegs may be harder to clean but I have not had a problem yet.

[corkybstewart]

Sometimes you have to turn the keg lid a few degrees until it seats. Then blast the sucker with 30-40 psi and you should be good. But sometimes there are lids that just don't fit a particular keg so you have to try another lid. Or a bigger hammer.

[gallowd7]

I put popsicle sticks under the legs on one of mine to get it to seal tighter.

[HogieWan]

I the lube a necessity or should I only get some if I need it?

[PCaravan]

The first time I had a lid that didn't seal correctly it was actually the relief vavle that was not sealing. The solution I used was put a big goop of keg lube up into the underside of the valve, put the lid back on, pressurize the keg, then release the pressure so that the lube was blasted up through the valve. The lid now seals

The second time I had a lid that didn't seal it turned out that I was missing one of the rubber (or plastic?) covers that go on the feet. That little differense was enough to make the lid not keep any pressure unless the pressure was set really high. The solution was to replace that little cover and now the keg seals up fine.

The third time I had a lid that didn't seal well I replaced the o-ring with a larger one I've only seen at Williams. It was thicker and softer and it made all the difference in the world.

I like the popsicle stick idea. Even though I keg I still like natural carbonation so I'm always looking for ways to ensure that my kegs can keep pressure under low pressure loads.