# Removing plastic end cap **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Support\ **Created:** [August 8, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744 "2017-08-08T22:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kgash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgash](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/kgash)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/1 "2017-08-08T22:40:26Z")
I just got my precision cooker and it works great - as I expected. I then tried to disassemble it and got the sleeve off OK but could not remove the plastic end cap. No matter which way I twisted, it would not budge. Is there a secret to this? ---
**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/2 "2017-08-08T22:55:20Z")
Some do fit tighter than others. You could try running the sleeve under hot water, leaving the plastic cap cool, in the hopes of expanding the metal and relieving its grip on the plastic. ---
**Author:** ![AlyssaWOAH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/alyssawoah/32/2946_2.png) [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/3 "2017-08-08T23:01:56Z")
I’d try out what @Ember suggested - that’ll probably help with the stiffness. Also, the cap at the bottom of the device can also be removed by rotating it counterclockwise. At 0.52 seconds of [this video](https://support.anovaculinary.com/hc/en-us/articles/204010284-How-Do-I-Disassemble-Reassemble-my-Precision-Cooker-), you’ll see how you can remove the cap. ---
**Author:** ![kgash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgash](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/kgash)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 12:00am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/4 "2017-08-09T00:00:30Z")
Thanks for your quick response. Unfortunately, after heating the sleeve thoroughly, I still couldn’t get the cap to budge. Perhaps my arthritic hands are not strong enough but I hesitate to use any tools to try to loosen the cap. ---
**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/5 "2017-08-09T01:26:36Z")
A neat fitting rubber glove might assist a slipping grip a little. ---
**Author:** ![acs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/acs/32/855_2.png) [@acs](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/acs)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/6 "2017-08-09T05:01:05Z")
You removed the cap? YOU REMOVED THE CAP? Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria! ---
**Author:** ![kgash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgash](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/kgash)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/7 "2017-08-09T16:09:28Z")
Success! I found a rubber gripper in the kitchen drawer that was for opening jars and it worked. Thanks Ember for your suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![AlyssaWOAH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/alyssawoah/32/2946_2.png) [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/8 "2017-08-09T16:26:34Z")
Ahhh yes!!! @kgash ---
**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/9 "2017-08-09T20:55:53Z")
Glad it’s sorted. ---
**Author:** ![friendlyfarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@friendlyfarmer](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/friendlyfarmer)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/10 "2017-08-15T19:20:32Z")
Use care when removing the end cap. The plastic becomes brittle with use and the tabs easily shear off. ---
**Author:** ![AlyssaWOAH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/alyssawoah/32/2946_2.png) [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/11 "2017-08-15T19:40:00Z")
Thanks for the tip! @friendlyfarmer ---
**Author:** ![acs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/acs/32/855_2.png) [@acs](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/acs)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/12 "2017-08-15T19:49:14Z")
See? Told’ya. ---
**Author:** ![AlyssaWOAH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/alyssawoah/32/2946_2.png) [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/13 "2017-08-15T20:44:04Z")
Well, you might be right about the part about dogs and cats living together. ---
**Author:** ![acs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/acs/32/855_2.png) [@acs](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/acs)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/14 "2017-08-16T05:48:52Z")
> [@AlyssaWOAH](#): > > Yadda-yadda-yadda, @acs, you were right. .#WINNING! ---
**Author:** ![AlyssaWOAH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/alyssawoah/32/2946_2.png) [@AlyssaWOAH](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/AlyssaWOAH)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/removing-plastic-end-cap/8744/15 "2017-08-16T06:02:19Z")
> [@acs](#): > > Woah Alyssa you’re like…all I ever wanted to be. Took you this long to figure that out? 😏