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Installing Egg Mates

SoCalTim
SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
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Hi guys .. ran into a problem trying to install table mates on my L egg ... I can't seem to find cinch bolts. Been to Home Depot, Lowes and the local hardware stores. No one has them. Is this a Mothership item?
I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    edited May 2015
    Got a Fastenal nearby? They have 'em. So does McMaster-Carr, but they are internet only as far as I know.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • LKNEgg
    LKNEgg Posts: 339
    Did they not come with it?  Mine did
    Large BGE - 2014
    FB 200, KAB, AR - 2015
    Lake Norman area of NC
    The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten!
    Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing!
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Oh yeah... your dealer will probably have them too.. 

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    I bought the band bolt set when I added the mates.  My band bolts were all messed up so I wanted new.  I think I was about $9.  

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    They come with the egg. They should be installed on the bands with nut caps on them. If you don't have them already on the bands, I would see your dealer. They always have tea in the hardware packs.  It will be a PITA if they aren't already installed , you will need to take the lid and bands off.  :bawling: 
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  • SoCalTim
    SoCalTim Posts: 2,158
    I know they come with the egg. A fellow forum member gave them to me. Guess I'll phone the Mothership.
    I've slow smoked and eaten so much pork, I'm legally recognized as being part swine - Chatsworth Ca.
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,458
    pgprescott said:
    They come with the egg. They should be installed on the bands with nut caps on them. If you don't have them already on the bands, I would see your dealer. They always have tea in the hardware packs.  It will be a PITA if they aren't already installed , you will need to take the lid and bands off.  :bawling: 
    This really depends on the age of the egg. I bought my large in 2006 and the bolts were not installed but I understand that the newer eggs come with the bolts as a standard.  

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    analyze adapt overcome

    2008 -Large BGE. 2013- Small BGE and 2015 - Mini. Henderson, Ky.
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
    Mattman3969 said:
    pgprescott said:
    They come with the egg. They should be installed on the bands with nut caps on them. If you don't have them already on the bands, I would see your dealer. They always have tea in the hardware packs.  It will be a PITA if they aren't already installed , you will need to take the lid and bands off.  :bawling: 
    This really depends on the age of the egg. I bought my large in 2006 and the bolts were not installed but I understand that the newer eggs come with the bolts as a standard.  
    You are correct. I don't rember when they started coming with the egg, but it was a while ago. 
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