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Handle Replacement for Large

War_Eagle_2244
War_Eagle_2244 Posts: 122
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Anyone know if BGE dealers sale replacement handles?  If so, do they come with the screws & nuts that attach it to the band? 

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,887
    What happened? Handle get charred? BTW handles use nuts and bolts - no screws. Just the wood can be replaced easily so no need to replace the metal.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324

    Yes, I have seen some dealers here in Atlanta with handles.

    What's your terrirory, unfortunate auburn fan....

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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  • bill37
    bill37 Posts: 127
    I had to get new wood for my handle and my dealer ordered it for me.
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,168
    A stock handle?  Seriously?  I have an XL, but that doesn't make a difference.


    Flint, Michigan
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    War_Eagle_2244 said:

    Anyone know if BGE dealers sale replacement handles?  If so, do they come with the screws & nuts that attach it to the band? 



    I might have an extra. I'll check tomorrow. Might message me to jog my memory. 



    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • War_Eagle_2244
    War_Eagle_2244 Posts: 122

    I'm in Birmingham, AL.  I was adjusting the dome because I had a slight under-bite and was getting some smoke leaking out of one side.  For some dumb reason, I thought I needed to take the handle off to lift out the dome.  I un-screwed the nuts that attach the handle to the bolts but failed to take out the bolts...they were just loosely sticking through the holes in the band.  Next thing I know, the right bolt has "disappeared"...likely in the ashes in the bottom of the egg but I never could find it...even after digging and stirring around with a magnet.  I could just get a bolt of the same size from Lowes but figured I might as well go ahead & replace the handle since I've got to take it apart (again) regardless.  The handle on it now is pretty banged up.  Like I said, long story!      

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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    You can find those bolts pretty easily at HW stores.  Cinch studs are what they are called.  Surely someone will know the size.....

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,887
    edited November 2015
    War_Eagle_2244 said:

    I'm in Birmingham, AL.  I was adjusting the dome because I had a slight under-bite and was getting some smoke leaking out of one side.  For some dumb reason, I thought I needed to take the handle off to lift out the dome.  I un-screwed the nuts that attach the handle to the bolts but failed to take out the bolts...they were just loosely sticking through the holes in the band.  Next thing I know, the right bolt has "disappeared"...likely in the ashes in the bottom of the egg but I never could find it...even after digging and stirring around with a magnet.  I could just get a bolt of the same size from Lowes but figured I might as well go ahead & replace the handle since I've got to take it apart (again) regardless.  The handle on it now is pretty banged up.  Like I said, long story!      

    Those bolts from the inside out are called clinch bolts/stud as they have a special flat head which fits in the countersunk hole and have "teeth" to grip the hole. I kinda doubt Lowes or HD will carry them. A speciality biz like Fastenal would carry them, or a good hardware store might as well. Last resort is call the mothership and I bet they will send you a bolt or two for nothing!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    You might check the specialty screw cabinets at Lowe's. 
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • TN_Egger
    TN_Egger Posts: 1,120
    A few years ago they came out with some ugly-ass plastic handles.  They still selling them that way?
    Signal Mountain, TN
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324
    Thank god no more plastic handles. Got too hot to touch and we're just ugly. Now all eggs come with wooden handles. 

    LBGE #19 from North GA Eggfest, 2014

    Stockbridge, GA - just south of Atlanta where we are covered up in Zombies!  #TheWalkingDead films practically next door!

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