lid alignment

onesaxplayer

Tightened bands and now lid doesn't align with the body.  How do I fix?  Thanks!

Spaightlabs

Won't hurt anything if you leave it like that...it'll cook and hold temps the same.

onesaxplayer

Wont it kill the gasket?

grege345

That's nothing. I'd leave it alone but if you want to fix it youtube it.

Spaightlabs

I've done a lot of high temp cooks and a clean burn with mine like that and no problems.

SkinnyV

Welcome to the club, mines not 100% either. I think most who messed with the lid have this issue. Mine is a much much smaller underbite. Look for a youtube video that shows a fix which should get you closer to proper alignment.

onesaxplayer

Does this look better?

onesaxplayer

And this? Phone being dumb.  Have to post pics separately.

onesaxplayer

One more...

nolaegghead

That's better aligned than mine.

bo_mull

I wish mine was aligned that good.

Terrebandit

So how did you do it?

SkinnyV

Yeah how u do it , looks good.

dougbacker

Just have a WHOLE bunch of loud mouth soup and it will aline it's self )

onesaxplayer

I used washers per a video on YouTube to get the sides aligned. Haven't figured out front to back. Front to back alignment on the video uses some black magic I haven't figured out yet...

nolaegghead

Nice. 

The important alignment is the seal, and even that's not that important given half the folks on this forum are going commando....

lousubcap

As @nolaegghead says, it's the seal that drives the equation.  Dollar Bill test it and a good fit=no issues.  If you aren't particular about low&slow temp control and the amount of lump consumed once you shut it down then the gasket air leakage isn't an issue.  OTOH-if you can't achieve what you want with the current alignment then you need to resolve.  FWIW-