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Just bought Egg .. got home and saw this..

mjfutures
mjfutures Posts: 53
in EggHead Forum
I just picked up a large egg and some accessories for $1200 tonight from local hardware store. They are an official Egg dealer ... they had some pre-made so I just said that was fine.... 

I got home and see a bent bolt..




Would you advise to return this unit?


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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    No. They are supposed to be bent
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • Turk2011
    Turk2011 Posts: 65
    Nope.  It won't ever be a problem
    Swampeast , MO  XL 2013  MM 2015
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  • Jcacavias
    Jcacavias Posts: 137
    @mjfutures nothing to worry about.  Mine was installed on site the same way and my wife bought direct from the mothership.
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  • mjfutures
    mjfutures Posts: 53
    Chubbs said:
    No. They are supposed to be bent
    oh wow .. really. here i thought i got a defective unit.... haha
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  • Dobie
    Dobie Posts: 3,458
    Normal, rest easy.  :)
    Jacksonville FL
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  • mjfutures
    mjfutures Posts: 53
    Thanks for all the quick comments, glad I checked here first. 
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    mjfutures said:
    Chubbs said:
    No. They are supposed to be bent
    oh wow .. really. here i thought i got a defective unit.... haha
    Someone will post more detail I am sure but yes the band bolts are supposed to be tightened until they bend. 
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • stv8r
    stv8r Posts: 1,127
    Correct...bolts are definitely bent on a correct install
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,532
    edited June 2015
    I'd suggest to bend the other bolt.  Check every few months to make sure they haven't moved.  Especially with high heat cooks. We've seen pictures of domes on this forum that have fallen out because of loose bolts and nuts.  A good habit is to check every season change for tightness.  Plus it only takes a few seconds  
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • thebbb
    thebbb Posts: 67
    The top one also needs to tightened till it bends...as per instructions.
    Lbge and MiniMax  in Southern Manitoba
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    Google... bent big green egg band bolts. Thanks for the laugh. Seriously, I LOL'd when I read your post. :) BTW, both should be bent.

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

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
    Got a torque wrench?  Torque to specs at 125 Inch Pounds and watch them bend even more.

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Skiddymarker
    Skiddymarker Posts: 8,528
    I disagree with tightening until the bolts bend - BGE is one of the only ceramic kamado companies that actual gives you the science to tighten the band bolts. 125 inch pounds (for the MBGE/LBGE) - if they are bent, so be it, if they are still straight, that's good too. The bolts on my four year old MBGE are straight as can be. 
    Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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  • UncleFred
    UncleFred Posts: 458
    Chubbs said:
    No. They are supposed to be bent
    mjfutures  I think you'll find that most of the people that post on this forum are kinda bent also... :rofl: 

    San Diego, CA - Where I've mastered Curmudgeon..working on Recluse.
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  • mjfutures
    mjfutures Posts: 53
    edited June 2015
    One more question since i'm new to this .... I got the Nest with handle.. but on the nest there are 4 plastic grippers that keep popping off when I try to move or adjust .. are these needed? It looks like they protect egg from scratches but are a pain. 

    like this


    Rubber pieces in this pic up on the green part of egg. 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
    They're not really needed and can melt to the egg after a while.
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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    Maybe you can get some felt like used on the dome gasket and put it between the nest and the egg so the egg doesn't scratch.
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Toxarch said:
    Maybe you can get some felt like used on the dome gasket and put it between the nest and the egg so the egg doesn't scratch.
    Serious. +1 - works phenominally well.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • SMITTYtheSMOKER
    SMITTYtheSMOKER Posts: 2,668
    Relax, you have a good dealer.  
    It is up to you, the Egg owner to keep them tight... and they will loosen up.


     

    -SMITTY     

    from SANTA CLARA, CA

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