Keurig K10 MINI PLUS Top Needle Replacement

Written By: Mark Henein
  • Comments: 5
Keurig K10 MINI PLUS Top Needle Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

5

Time Required

No estimate

Introduction

This guide will help walk you through the steps of replacing the needle of a Keurig Mini. To get into the device all you will need is a #1 Philips screw driver.

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    • Press on tab while pulling up on K-cup until you hear a click. Repeat for the remaining tabs. We found using the smallest of the "plastic opening tools" worked wonders.

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    • Once all of the tabs have been pressed, the K-Cup should just pop out. After, you just pull the remainder of the K-Cup. You have successfully removed the K-Cup.

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    • Remove two 9 mm Phillips #1 screws.

    • Avoid the top needle if at all possible. The needle may cut you and/or penetrate your skin.

    • The screws are located on the top of where the K-Cup would be.

    you show two screws I have 2 more deeper in how do you remove them?

    wevie100 -

    My K10 had two larger screws than the photo. There were Phillips #2 head and could not be retrieved with a magnet when they inevitably fell into a tight space as they were not attracted to magnets. There was also a catch toward the back of the top cover that finally released when an upward force of sufficient force was applied to the bottom front of the cover.

    In my case the pump was fine. My problem was coffee grounds in the hose blocking the flow from the pump. The grounds were in the hose shown in Step 4.

    Frank M -

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    • Once you remove the screws, the top cover should come out.

    • The back of the cover is held in place by two locking tabs. To remove the cover, pull it back slightly and it should come free.

    • You will then want to remove these screws which are the same size.

    • The needle is sharp, so be careful.

    On my model k10, these screws are actually slightly larger than those on step #3. So it is best to still separate them, just incase. Happy repairing~

    Bernard Dolecki -

    The top cover didn’t come off easily on mine. Once I removed the 2 screws I had to slowly lift it up from the front until it popped off. It looks like there might have been a small glue spot at the back center of the plastic edge.

    jkempinger -

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    • Once you get those removed, you are going to want to pull on the hose until it pops off.

    • Once the hose comes off, the needle will fall out by itself.

    • Be careful when picking up the needle as the needle is sharp.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

Mark Henein

Member since: 04/02/16

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One comment

Where do you buy the needle I know you can get the exit needle with the holder, but can’t find this one.

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