Check the ends of the spring for roughness / coarse marks from grinding. If rough, carefully rub the ends on an oilstone or a piece of very fine wet & dry paper.

Any roughness causes the spring to catch and drag = creaking as it moves.

europa The white O ring plays no part in the creaking noise, it’s simply a seal against leaks (it’s a hard PTFE seal). The part that needs lubricating is the O ring here…if it’s split, the ball of the wand may be rubbing against the metal of the nut. Check it and see if it’s OK. The spring will sit on a metal cup (which itself sits on the ball of the wand) with a large hole in it and that needs to be lubricated as well

The O ring actually looks out of place…which won’t help

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    Remove the cup and spring,slide the nutdown the wand, unscrew the ball joint using the 2 small flats with a spanner taking care not to lose or damage the tiny ‘O’ ring.

    Slide the nut off the wand and carefully remove the (misplaced) ‘O’ ring and check for damage / nicks.

    Wipe out the nut,lubricate and refit ‘O’ ring and reassemble. That spring does look rough on the end.

      Got it. Will give that a go in the morning. Thanks!

      Elcarajillo unscrew the ball joint using the 2 small flats with a spanner

      europa i need a 9mm spanner,

      I personally would not do that. It’s a no burn steam wand, so I’m not sure how that’s done inside, and whether that has threadlock on. It’s a common problem for the steam wand to unscrew itself as you move, so presumably Lelit has secured it.

      If you can, I am don’t remember if you can, I’d slide down the nut to the other end of the wand, remove the steam tip, and see if you can get it out that way instead.

          You can remove it from the bottom but often it is difficult to remove the steam tip (no flats) ?

          I doubt the wand/ ball is thread locked, mine certainly is not.

          The cool wand liner just fits into a recess in the ball joint the same as the steam tip.

            Elcarajillo You can remove it from the bottom but often it is difficult to remove the steam tip

            On the Elizabeth, at least, the steam tip is very easily removable with fingers. no tools required. I remove mine all the time for cleaning. 👍

              I thought about the tip, but didn’t want to risk messing with it. However, i have just tried and, indeed, it unscrewed quite easily. That will be v. useful for cleaning!

              How on earth do you quote another post on here? And @ someone? Can’t figure it out… do you need to be on a computer?

                MediumRoastSteam Dave, read on from this post: https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/253-lelit-elizabeth-creaking-steam-wand/18

                europa How on earth do you quote another post on here

                Highlight what you want to quote. Click Quote. Repeat as many times as you wish. ;-)

                If you are on a phone, highlighting then clicking the quote option that comes up also works.

                Ah I see…me I’d probably initially ferret the o ring out to check it before removing the tip/ball

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                  Well, i removed the o ring and verified that it is in good condition. I greased it and the ball (as per the vid) and put the wand back - i don’t find it necessary to turn the machine upside down!

                  I will test when it’s hot tomorrow morning, but, right now (cool), it still creaks. The only thing i haven’t tried is to file the top of the spring. This is looking like one of those things I’ll just have to live with lol.

                    europa The spring shouldn’t be moving? I watched the vid, could just be spring bending and rubbing the sides, try lubing spring.

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