small egg dome won’t stay open

Dawgtired

Are there any other reasons, other than not being level, that a dome won’t stay open? I just replaced the hinge and now it won’t stay open.

Thanks!

Photo Egg

Wrong spring or bad spring?

sancho65

Please post a picture of your current hinge configuration.

cookingdude555

its possible you have it upside down?

Dawgtired

Couple of photos...pretty sure it’s not upside down

lousubcap

Looks upside down to me based on my SBGE set-up.  FWIW-

johnmitchell

Yep upside down

Dawgtired

Alrighty then.....but question...if those (tabs) beside the handle look just like the Egg on the BGE site; how can it be upside down? Maybe I’m just not thinking clearly.

RRP

Don't want to be an alarmist...but I'd sure get my egg further away from that window in picture no. 1 if I were you. 

Mattman3969

Upside down.  Here’s my small 

Dawgtired

Would you mind sharing a picture of the front so I can see the Tabs beside the handle?

Dawgtired

If those are older hinges assemblies, perhaps they moved the spring to the other side when they redesigned it. I just can’t envision those tabs going any way but how they are in my photo.

Photo Egg

The tabs in the front are correct.
The hinge assembly in the back needs to be unbolted and flipped.

Mattman3969

Dawgtired said:

Would you mind sharing a picture of the front so I can see the Tabs beside the handle?

I don’t have the tabs. Older version pre tab.  @Photo Egg is correct.  Just flip your hinge 

Dawgtired

Photo Egg said:

The tabs in the front are correct.
The hinge assembly in the back needs to be unbolted and flipped.

So BGE screwed it up?

Dawgtired

Never mind...I did put it on upside down....wonderful🙄🙄🙄

Photo Egg

Dawgtired said:

Never mind...I did put it on upside down....wonderful🙄🙄🙄

You’re not the first and won’t be the last. But the important thing is you’re good now.

cookingdude555

The bands are interchangeable. There isn’t a top or bottom band. The hinge and handle can be put in the wrong place. 50% success isn’t bad. I’ve done it, I realized it before installing on egg, luckily, but I’ve been there.