Fyi, I started with a Barataza Sette 270W. When it died earlier than it should have, I “upgraded” to a Euraka. I personally found it difficult to use and (like you) frustrating to deep clean, sold it within a month and bought a NZ. I also returned my barely used Rancilio Silva (another solid but painful to use machine) and bought my Lelit Elizabeth based upon recommendations from this and other forums. It was a very significant price leap, but it proved be a wise decision. In fact, hindsight being 20/20, I should have bit the bullet and bought a Lelit Bianca, to get flow control. That would have held off my latest purchase of a Decent till later, which will doubtless be followed by a Duo and a Nuri. 😵😋

I cleaned our Specialita last week and followed this video it works a treat now, better than before.

Fantastic. Well done 👏and thanks for posting the video.

Thats a good vid, why didnt i see it before i started. Everything i watched never even mentioned marking the position of the burrs!! Ho hum, damage done it seems so, as well as sourcing a replacement. I’m going to switch the top burr’s positioning to the next screw hole. There’s only three positions relative to the bottom burr so how can i possible go wrong 😆. Last resort is to play that referenced video again, and again again ….. d’oh!! Off to Costa tomorrow ….

well, i checked it all again and i cant see any problems other than, as many have mentioned, i have most probably misaligned the top and bottom burrs through carelessness (!). I’m assuming this can all be rectified with a fresh set of burrs, well seasoned. Seems little point for the sake of £25 in messing with the internals and need for shims etc. What do people think?

    how old is the grinder?

    Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -

      I think I’m right in saying you’ll still need to shim new burrs if you want anything near perfection.

      skylark - Unless the burrs are actually physically damaged, changing the burrs should not change anything. The burrs themsevles don’t misalign. It’s how they sit in the burr carrier that influences the alignment.

          Cuprajake

          Grinders around 9 months old, looked as clean as a whistle when i dismantled it.

          MediumRoastSteam

          The burrs are also in ship shape condition but for some reason i’m thinking i’ve ‘moved’ their physical orientation in the carrier and that in itself is the cause of the misalignment, the burrs having ‘settled’ in over the previous 9 months. My mindset was to put a new set of burrs in from scratch and then let them similarly bed in, does that make sense or am i just wasting dosh that could go towards another grinder.

              you wont need burrs in this case,

              did you have both burrs off at the same time? im not sure if there are top and bottom burrs with the eureka

              Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -

                um, id use a bit of tape to mark the upper burr carrier and then mark a black dot on the grinder, rotate the top burr in all three places and see if you have any luck,.

                Decent De1pro v1.45 - Niche Duo - Niche Zero - Decent is the best machine ever made -

                I fixed it!

                Reseated top burr by one turn (must’ve touched lucky) and its back to good with no ‘tinkling’ nosies. Tried a 20g dose this morning which ground so fine that it was a struggle to get it into a 20g vst basket with comfortable headroom. Do vst do a 30g basket I wonder as I often pull twin 15g shots singly? Maybe a larger basket split between the two of us would be the way to go. Or, would 30g fit into a 25g basket which is the largest i can see???