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Ok, this is maddening. Let me start by saying if someone else posted this solution I'm sorry for the enclosed rant but I couldn't find the post....
I've had the problem with the ball valve coming apart with trying to replace the ball valve adapter with the bottling adapter on a 3 gallon fermenter (as have many other people). This tends to dump the contents of the fermenter. It turns out Fastferment has the fix but isn't advertising this or offering the piece separately that solves the problem. The mason jar adapter for the larger fermenters comes with a botting fitting that replaces the mason jar. This same bottling fitting fits a 3 gallon fermenter. You don't have to remove the mason jar adapter, which causes the valve disassembly, to bottle or keg. However you have to buy the full mason jar kit for the larger fermenter to get the bottling adapter. They don't sell the bottling adapter separately.
The two pieces on the left make up the mason jar adapter for the larger fermenters. The piece on the right is the mason jar adapter for the 3 gallon fermenter. The piece on the far left is the bottling adapter that comes with the larger fermenter kit. This piece fits the mason jar adapter for the 3 gallon but you cannot buy it separately. I don't know how may threads that I've read that complain about the valve coming apart and this solves the problem... AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGG
I've had the problem with the ball valve coming apart with trying to replace the ball valve adapter with the bottling adapter on a 3 gallon fermenter (as have many other people). This tends to dump the contents of the fermenter. It turns out Fastferment has the fix but isn't advertising this or offering the piece separately that solves the problem. The mason jar adapter for the larger fermenters comes with a botting fitting that replaces the mason jar. This same bottling fitting fits a 3 gallon fermenter. You don't have to remove the mason jar adapter, which causes the valve disassembly, to bottle or keg. However you have to buy the full mason jar kit for the larger fermenter to get the bottling adapter. They don't sell the bottling adapter separately.
The two pieces on the left make up the mason jar adapter for the larger fermenters. The piece on the right is the mason jar adapter for the 3 gallon fermenter. The piece on the far left is the bottling adapter that comes with the larger fermenter kit. This piece fits the mason jar adapter for the 3 gallon but you cannot buy it separately. I don't know how may threads that I've read that complain about the valve coming apart and this solves the problem... AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGG