Replacing gasket

markthewood

Does anyone have any tips on an easy way to strip off the old gasket? I'm getting ready to replace mine after almost 8 years. I'm doing a refresh on my large BGE and am putting on a new spring hinge as well as a couple of other goodies.

uglydog

Fred has put together some good videos on gasket replacement, which I followed when I replaced my gasket on my large. My recommendation is to watch the whole series of videos, and then allow enough time so you can do it carefully. Probably the most time consuming part was removing the old gasket. Here is a link to the video http://www.fredsmusicandbbq.com/category_s/557.htm:

Uglydog

civil eggineer

You can heat the egg up with a spacer between the upper and lower section allowing heat to escape. A couple of hours at 300 will let the adhesive let go pretty well. At least it did for me. If you want it to be the last gasdket replacement, use a Rutland attacked with high temp silicone adhesive. Be forewarned though, the Rutland has not been approved for use around food.

tsbrady

I first tried to scrape off the remains of the old gasket then I used acetone to get the rest of the peices and the glue off, actually the acetone took it off easier than I expected

egger66

Use the link that uglydog posted. I watched the whole series and it went without a hitch...good luck.