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Last clinch stud snapped!

TifffanyD
TifffanyD Posts: 119
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I was putting the dang thing together and my very last clinch stud snapped before I reached torque! Now what do I do?!?! So now I have:

 

(Top)             *   *   Hinge   *   *

(bottom)        *   *   Hinge   .   *

 

Where . is the broken one.

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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    Call your dealer. He may have a few.
    Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU Stove
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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    @TiffanyD And welcome to the herd.
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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119

    Thanks! So are you saying it's fine to undo the carriage bolts even though they are bent? And then I can use them again? Because I did have an extra in my bag. 

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,170
    Yes- you can undo the carriage bolts and retighten.


    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    Yes you can. Just check bands for tightness after a few cooks. I may settle in.
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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    Thanks! I'm golden now :)
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  • SMITTYtheSMOKER
    SMITTYtheSMOKER Posts: 2,668

    Only the main band bolts are to be torqued down.  All clinch bolts are simply tightened snugly.

     

    -SMITTY     

    from SANTA CLARA, CA

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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    Huh my instructions said the cinch ones should be torqued to 60 lbs and the main bolts to 120 lbs
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  • bud812
    bud812 Posts: 1,869
    That is inch pounds not foot pounds. L-)

    Not to get technical, but according to chemistry alcohol is a solution...

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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    Lol well thanks to y'all I took it off and fixed it. It's now together and awaiting some meat. And I am def having a cocktail
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    @‌TiffanyD
    Ma'am if I may ask. Are you from the South? I only ask because I notice that like myself you use the word (y'all). Just curious my friend.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    Not originally but I have adopted it as my home. I live in mid/south Florida
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    That's awesome. I'm glad that you adopted our vocabulary as well. Always nice to hear someone say (y'all & ain't). Kind of makes one feel at home as it were. Again welcome aboard and to the South my friend.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    I still have to preserve my "you guys" for my northern friends and family... But it sounds so weird/harsh to me now.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    Don't do it!!!!! Stay with y'all!! Please.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

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    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    Just be glad I don't say "Yinz" like my husband ;)
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    I hear ya sister!!!

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
    edited August 2014
    SGH said:
    That's awesome. I'm glad that you adopted our vocabulary as well. Always nice to hear someone say (y'all & ain't). Kind of makes one feel at home as it were. Again welcome aboard and to the South my friend.
    I'm from the West, and learned "Ain't" at a very young age.  While in the military, I spent 6 weeks in Texas and then 4.5 months in Biloxi, MS.  When I got back to CA, my friends told me I had picked up a southern accent.  After 3 decades, I have long since lost the accent, but I ain't dropped "Y'all" from my vocabulary.
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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    My teachers always told me "Ain't ain't a word and it ain't in the dictionary" lol
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    Ain't most certainly is a word!! I see that you once lived in Biloxi MS. I live just outside of Biloxi myself on HWY 49.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
    I remember being told that as a yougster as well, but times have changed.

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ain%27t

    ain't

    \ˈānt\

    Definition of AIN'T

    1:  am not :  are not :  is not
    2:  have not :  has not
    3:  do not :  does not :  did not —used in some varieties of Black English

    Usage Discussion of AIN'T

    Although widely disapproved as nonstandard and more common in the habitual speech of the less educated, ain't in senses 1 and 2 is flourishing in American English. It is used in both speech and writing to catch attention and to gain emphasis <the wackiness of movies, once so deliciously amusing, ain't funny anymore — Richard Schickel> <I am telling you—there ain't going to be any blackmail — R. M. Nixon>. It is used especially in journalistic prose as part of a consistently informal style <the creative process ain't easy — Mike Royko>. This informal ain't is commonly distinguished from habitual ain't by its frequent occurrence in fixed constructions and phrases <well—class it ain't — Cleveland Amory> <for money? say it ain't so, Jimmy! — Andy Rooney> <you ain't seen nothing yet> <that ain't hay> <two out of three ain't bad> <if it ain't broke, don't fix it>. In fiction ain't is used for purposes of characterization; in familiar correspondence it tends to be the mark of a warm personal friendship. It is also used for metrical reasons in popular songs <Ain't She Sweet> <It Ain't Necessarily So>. Our evidence shows British use to be much the same as American.

    Examples of AIN'T

    1. It's a free country, ain't it?
    2. Those people ain't got a clue.
    3. Her husband left and she ain't never been the same.

    Origin of AIN'T

    contraction of are not
    First Known Use: 1749

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    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    @Zmokin‌
    Thank you sir.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    Haha! These times they are a-changin'. I think someone said that ;)
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    I concur.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
    My dad's favorite example of how times have changed is he remembers when he was 10-12 years old and lived in Wash DC, he used to get on the bus with a 22 rifle to go shooting at the range.  No one on the bus would react like there was anything unusual going on.  Yep, the times are a changin' and I don't think it's always for the best.
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    Using the Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter,
     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
    Black Cast Iron grill, Plate Setter, and a Party-Q temp controller.

    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    Oh wow! When was that?
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,942
    In 1981 we could still have shot guns visible in the back glass of our 4 wheel drives and nothing would be said on campus. They changed very quickly however.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
    TifffanyD said:
    Oh wow! When was that?
    Around the beginning of WW2
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     and a BBQ Guru temp controller.

    Medium BGE in custom modified off-road nest.
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    Location: somewhere West of the Mason-Dixon Line
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  • TifffanyD
    TifffanyD Posts: 119
    I can't even imagine that world...
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  • PNWFoodie
    PNWFoodie Posts: 1,046
    Now you just need a "Bless her heart!" ;)
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