Check your nuts fellers...

WeberWho

Change of seasons today. A good time to double check and tighten the nuts on your band. I might also suggest double checking your domes thermometer accuracy. I could tell a few of mine were off and needed adjusting:


All over the place:

Much better:

Carolina Q

hahaha. I checked band bolts ONCE. About 6 years after I first assembled my egg. Dead solid perfect. Still, I'll probably check again. Eventually.

chuckytheegghead

Just did mine a few days ago. But nice reminder. I should also check my thermometers. Thanks!

Jupiter Jim

I will tomorrow! Thanks for the reminder.

bud812

My nut's are just fine, thanks for asking.

SemolinaPilchard

Thanks for the heads up.
 If I may be so bold as to say the BGE is not perfect (although very close), if the eggs were designed just a tiny bit differently, we would not have to worry about the dome falling off. On the dome above the band, the egg bulges out to where it is about flush with the band, but there is no bulge under the band. On the base the egg bulges out below the band, but not above the band. If the base and the dome each bulged out below and above, even if the bands were a little loose there would be no way the dome would fall off. To accomplish that would require a redesign of not only the dome and base, but also the hinge because the bands would need to be farther apart from each other. 

DMW

Hang on a sec, yep, they're still there.

Jeremiah

Whew. I was thinking this was gonna be a cancer thread. 

DoubleEgger

Even better when the wife checks them 

RRP

SemolinaPilchard said:

Thanks for the heads up.
 If I may be so bold as to say the BGE is not perfect (although very close), if the eggs were designed just a tiny bit differently, we would not have to worry about the dome falling off. On the dome above the band, the egg bulges out to where it is about flush with the band, but there is no bulge under the band. On the base the egg bulges out below the band, but not above the band. If the base and the dome each bulged out below and above, even if the bands were a little loose there would be no way the dome would fall off. To accomplish that would require a redesign of not only the dome and base, but also the hinge because the bands would need to be farther apart from each other. 

Actually long time egger named Char-Woody ( C~W ) made a simple solution kit to secure the band to the dome with small bent pieces of metal which went over that dome ridge. It required drilling holes in the upper band and inserting the flush flat headed machine bolts and then adding an acorn nut for a polished finished look. His flat pieces were even powder coated black. C~W sold these for like $10 per egg and they worked like a charm! He offered the idea free to BGE as a reasonable solution but they rejected him. I know he sold many of these kits for years and then he quit. Too bad as they were a cheap lifetime insurance against the dreaded "non-warranty broken dome" syndrome! 

BilZol

Redoing all mine as I put them in the tables and then after first cook. Domes/caps came off of two of mine. Emailed bge to buy more and some other parts, no return email and no call back from VM. Hopefully dealer can help when I can finally make it there. 

Carolina Q

RRP said:

SemolinaPilchard said:

Thanks for the heads up.
 If I may be so bold as to say the BGE is not perfect (although very close), if the eggs were designed just a tiny bit differently, we would not have to worry about the dome falling off. On the dome above the band, the egg bulges out to where it is about flush with the band, but there is no bulge under the band. On the base the egg bulges out below the band, but not above the band. If the base and the dome each bulged out below and above, even if the bands were a little loose there would be no way the dome would fall off. To accomplish that would require a redesign of not only the dome and base, but also the hinge because the bands would need to be farther apart from each other. 

Actually long time egger named Char-Woody ( C~W ) made a simple solution kit to secure the band to the dome with small bent pieces of metal which went over that dome ridge. It required drilling holes in the upper band and inserting the flush flat headed machine bolts and then adding an acorn nut for a polished finished look. His flat pieces were even powder coated black. C~W sold these for like $10 per egg and they worked like a charm! He offered the idea free to BGE as a reasonable solution but they rejected him. I know he sold many of these kits for years and then he quit. Too bad as they were a cheap lifetime insurance against the dreaded "non-warranty broken dome" syndrome! 

Char-Woody clip...

WeberWho

Carolina Q said:

RRP said:

SemolinaPilchard said:

Thanks for the heads up.
 If I may be so bold as to say the BGE is not perfect (although very close), if the eggs were designed just a tiny bit differently, we would not have to worry about the dome falling off. On the dome above the band, the egg bulges out to where it is about flush with the band, but there is no bulge under the band. On the base the egg bulges out below the band, but not above the band. If the base and the dome each bulged out below and above, even if the bands were a little loose there would be no way the dome would fall off. To accomplish that would require a redesign of not only the dome and base, but also the hinge because the bands would need to be farther apart from each other. 

Actually long time egger named Char-Woody ( C~W ) made a simple solution kit to secure the band to the dome with small bent pieces of metal which went over that dome ridge. It required drilling holes in the upper band and inserting the flush flat headed machine bolts and then adding an acorn nut for a polished finished look. His flat pieces were even powder coated black. C~W sold these for like $10 per egg and they worked like a charm! He offered the idea free to BGE as a reasonable solution but they rejected him. I know he sold many of these kits for years and then he quit. Too bad as they were a cheap lifetime insurance against the dreaded "non-warranty broken dome" syndrome! 

Char-Woody clip...

I'd buy a set for every egg I own. Too bad he stopped selling. What a smart security feature 

HeavyG

SemolinaPilchard said:

Thanks for the heads up.
 If I may be so bold as to say the BGE is not perfect (although very close), if the eggs were designed just a tiny bit differently, we would not have to worry about the dome falling off. On the dome above the band, the egg bulges out to where it is about flush with the band, but there is no bulge under the band. On the base the egg bulges out below the band, but not above the band. If the base and the dome each bulged out below and above, even if the bands were a little loose there would be no way the dome would fall off. To accomplish that would require a redesign of not only the dome and base, but also the hinge because the bands would need to be farther apart from each other. 

Some of the "inferior" kamados do have their bands sit in a "trough" so the base and dome can't easily slip free.

XC242

I know mine are still there cause they did an ultrasound on them this morning. That was one of life's little adventures...

theyolksonyou

Still got two. Whew. 

KiterTodd

Upon initial assembly I tightened my bands to the required torque at which point both bolts bent and the nuts stripped.  It was snug, but I wasn't getting it any snugger.   So...i guess I'll just make sure the bands aren't loose. 

KiterTodd

And hear I thought this was going to be a reminder to check yourself for testicular cancer.  Oh well, eggs is eggs...

DuckDogDr

I check mine everyday 

blasting

You can check'em yourself, or get the inlaws involved...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRuKnb2uuY

Phatchris

Mine are in a jar above the TV... 

boonville-john

I'll have to check in the wife's purse when she gets home.

dstearn

Lift Dome Lid and cough twice to be safe!

tikigriller

I left mine at the hospital when child #3 was born..............

bhedges1987

I tighten mine like twice a year.

feef706

blasting said:

You can check'em yourself, or get the inlaws involved...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzRuKnb2uuY

Wow I forgot about this movie, classic.

RRP

Guess I just have to jump in with my usual statement in favor of double nutting which has worked for 16 years for me! I ran my nuts up until the bolts bent as was the instructions long before the getting a torque wrench idea came along. After that I ran a second set of nuts up behind the first ones and to this day - 16 years later I have never had loose bands from nuts backing off - as double nutting works!

SemolinaPilchard

RRP said:

Guess I just have to jump in with my usual statement in favor of double nutting which has worked for 16 years for me! I ran my nuts up until the bolts bent as was the instructions long before the getting a torque wrench idea came along. After that I ran a second set of nuts up behind the first ones and to this day - 16 years later I have never had loose bands from nuts backing off - as double nutting works!

RRP's posts always remind me of this Seinfeld episode.
Elaine and exclamation points! - YouTube

TideEggHead

Bump!! Checked mine this weekend and one of the hinge nuts where the spring is located was way too loose. Checked and tightened all. Keep checking guys! Might have to try the double nut like @RRP suggested for the bands.

Matt86m

BGE could make a set of bands for the other sizes like they do for the MM and add some to the sides as well
 

hoosier_egger

Well that's embarrassing.... I totally went down the wrong path here