Baratza Vario shims

#1: Post by **amamet** » May 15th, 2021, 8:10 am

I installed shims in the adjuster arms years ago to stop the wandering during grinding, worked great till recently. my arms are moving again so I checked to see if the shims fell out or something. nope, still there. do I need larger shims or double them up now? seems ridiculous that these machines need shims in the first place
Allen

#2: Post by **mariobarba** » May 15th, 2021, 8:38 am

After experiencing a similar issue and reaching out to Baratza, they informed me that over time the shims can get compressed and do need to be replaced. I ended up using a piece of fridge magnet as a shim since it wasn't practical for anyone to ship me a couple of ten cent shims.

May 15th, 2021, 9:09 am

I wonder if this is a problem with newer units that are shipped corrected. If they are shimmed at the factory can they get compressed too?

#4: Post by **mariobarba** » May 15th, 2021, 11:29 am

Not sure if there is a diff between new and old as my Vario is 10+ years old now.

#5: Post by **yakster** » May 15th, 2021, 3:55 pm

Another owner of a 10 year old Vario, the shims are still working fine.

#6: Post by **DamianWarS** » May 16th, 2021, 11:11 am

mariobarba wrote:Not sure if there is a diff between new and old as my Vario is 10+ years old now.

I bought a Vario a couple of years ago and emailed Baratza right away regarding the shims and Baratza told me since about 2015 they've installed shims at the factory so I didn't need to do that and also confirmed that my SN was one of those factory-shimmed models. I'm not a fan of the adjustment arms but they seem to be working fine.