La Marzocco Linea Mini Side Gap

#1: Post by **Probsolver352** » May 11th, 2021, 1:44 am

Hello, recently received my LMLM and I am super stoked on it, but there is this gap between the front panel and the painted housing. The customer service tried to tell me this is very common and isn't an issue. Wondering what others have experienced.

#2: Post by **kitt** » May 11th, 2021, 2:43 am

That doesn't look right to me, there should be locating pins for the lower section of the case to slide onto, maybe it has moved in transit? was it shipped? It may just be a case of loosening the rear screws and sliding it forward onto the locating pins, and re-tighten the back screws. But it depends how much you want to mess with a new machine vs the hassle of returning....

This video explains case removal very well;

May 11th, 2021, 10:08 am

Thank you for your reply, glad I am not crazy.

#4: Post by **yertchuk** » May 11th, 2021, 1:01 pm

It should not look like that. I checked mine, no gap.

July 14th, 2021, 5:17 pm

Hi yertchuk, would you mind sending me a photo of yours so that I can have something to compare to?

#6: Post by **Epicurus** » July 14th, 2021, 5:37 pm

Here's mine.

#7: Post by **yertchuk** » July 14th, 2021, 5:49 pm

Probsolver352 wrote:Hi yertchuk, would you mind sending me a photo of yours so that I can have something to compare to?

#8: Post by **mgwolf** » July 14th, 2021, 6:12 pm

My LMLM looks the same as yertchuk's, FWIW.

#9: Post by **njtnjt** » July 14th, 2021, 6:13 pm

Mine has a very tiny gap. Nothing I've noticed till I just looked. Maybe a mm or two.

#10: Post by **wholemilklatte** » July 15th, 2021, 2:11 am

ProbSolver - it looks like your red panel is dented and the paint was damaged a bit right on the seam. Is that right, or is it just the lighting throwing me off?

EDIT: it also looks like the threads on that screw are stripped, seems like that panel was forced backward by impact.