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Broken bolts on hinge

Wardster
Wardster Posts: 1,006
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this is my buddies egg.  Probably 7 years old.  Maybe I missed it but I don't recall seeing this as a common issue?  Thoughts?
Apollo Beach, FL
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited August 2017
    Go to just about any hardware store, locate 5/16" x 2" galvanized carriage bolts, nuts while you're at it since it's all cheap, and carry on.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Agree, not common unless you try and remove or retighten bent bolts. But most of the time stripping the threads are more common.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
    Just get better nuts =)
    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    I had one break on the hinge assembly. I tightened the bolts not long ago and I think I may have over-tightened them and it sheared off. Mine happens to be 7 years old as well. This just happened over the weekend and I haven't replaced it yet.  

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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