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AL
AL Posts: 81
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
Has anyone experance the new style gasket seperating from the sticky tape, with the tape staying on the egg and the gasket loose.
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  • Eggermeister
    Eggermeister Posts: 1
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    I install a new gasket yesterday. The package stated that if the gaskeg comes loose use Elmers glue to repair
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  • Mike in Abita
    Mike in Abita Posts: 3,302
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    Happened to me on Friday night. I had used the egg for over a month doing low and slows. I needed a pizza fix and went to 550 dome for the cook. Put the pizza in and came back in 8 min to check and sure enough gasket let loose on the top. I just removed it the rest of the way and kept cooking. After the second Za was finished I looked closer and noticed the bottom gasket was loose also. So I took it off too. That left no gasket, what to do, what to do? I took out the platesetter and added a whole bunch of lump and took off the DFMT and opened the bottom slider all the way. Heated that sucker up to well past 750. Came back in a few hours and opened it up a noticed most of the adhesive tape had burned away, so I added more lump and let her go again.

    Woke up Saturday and checked it. No more adhesive and a very clean egg loaded with ash. Disassembled egg and cleaned ash. Grabbed the can of 3M "77" Adhesive and sprayed a thin film on the back side of the gasket. Then sprayed a thicker film on the egg. Then I just re applied the gasket and now I'm back in business. This is the second time I have experienced this.
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  • AL
    AL Posts: 81
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    mike

    I'am still trying to figure out why should the tape stay and the gasket falls off. My gasket has been on for over 2 months and never over 550 with know problems.

    You used the spray glue and re apply just the gasket and let the glue tape burned off.

    al
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  • Mike in Abita
    Mike in Abita Posts: 3,302
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    Yep.

    Just burned off the tape and reapplied the gasket. Not sure why this is happening. This is my second set of Nomex gaskets. First one did the same thing. Had a base and dome issue a few moths ago and when I got the new pieces I put new Nomex on. I thought the cure time for the Nomex would have been adequate, but it let loose again.

    I do feel a lot more comfortable knowing that now I have a straight gasket to adhesive contact. No more plastic adhesive tape to worry about.
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