Cast iron cap loose And floppy.

snoqualmiesmoker

new XL and I can't find this on the search or a Google search. My daisy and the other part that moves open is really loose. Saw a hack that fixes it but can't find that now. It's floppy loose. I could add another washer?
is the smokewear cap a good replacement?  Thanks!  

lkapigian

Mine just has a screw to tighten...works for me

Griffin

There used to be a good photo representation of what I'm going to try and explain floating around here and if somebody can find it, please post it. That being said, keep the screw on the daisy wheel at the front of the Egg always. As you adjust it, keep it at the front and imagine a straight line going through the screw, through the center of the circle part that moves to the back of the egg. That line should be 90 to the front of the egg at all times. When you do this, it will NOT move when you raise and lower the dome of the Egg. Damn! I wish I had those pictures now to better show you what I mean.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Griffin said:

There used to be a good photo representation of what I'm going to try and explain floating around here and if somebody can find it, please post it. That being said, keep the screw on the daisy wheel at the front of the Egg always. As you adjust it, keep it at the front and imagine a straight line going through the screw, through the center of the circle part that moves to the back of the egg. That line should be 90 to the front of the egg at all times. When you do this, it will NOT move when you raise and lower the dome of the Egg. Damn! I wish I had those pictures now to better show you what I mean.

^^^^^^^This

I have pics somewhere

DMW

Here's a pictorial of how to keep the DFMT from swinging
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm#dwinfo

theyolksonyou

Griffin

The Cen-Tex Smoker

you always want the raised bump on the daisy pointing at 12 o'clock no matter where your settings are. If you do that, your daisy will never move when you open and close the lid. Your daisy should be pretty loose but it will firm up after a few cooks. I like mine loose and easy to adjust.

Griffin

After using your Egg for a while, there will be buildup on the daisy wheel and it won't move as easily.

snoqualmiesmoker

Should I be able to lift the first top up a 1/4 inch?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

snoqualmiesmoker said:

Should I be able to lift the first top up a 1/4 inch?

probably not. can you tighten the screw a little? once it gets some gunk in it from a few months worth of cooks it tightens up quite a bit.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Griffin said:

except you would want the bump (shown here at 10-11 o'clock) to be pointed to 12 ' clock, where in this photo it would be dissected by that yellow line as well. If you were to open a the dome with a loose daisy with this config, the extra weight of the knob would cause it to fall to 12 once you opened the dome. if you have the main screw, the center screw and the knob all lined up at 12, then the daisy will stay right where you set it. I'll go take a pic real quick.

snoqualmiesmoker

Neither screw on the daisy wheel tightens down at all. Thing just is sloppy loose. My large was like a machine.  Smoothie and tight. This, not so much.  

luckyboy

I want to thank ya'll for the info, now I know also. I find myself constantly learning from this forum.

RRP

snoqualmiesmoker said:

Neither screw on the daisy wheel tightens down at all. Thing just is sloppy loose. My large was like a machine.  Smoothie and tight. This, not so much.  

Sounds like for some reason your bolts are bottoming out. Just get a washer or two, back out the bolts, add the washer(s) and tighten down.

snoqualmiesmoker

Bought a smokeware cap just for the hell of it. I'll add some washers to the other and see what happens.