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OK to reuse bent band bolts?

EIP
EIP Posts: 1
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Hey all, I need to adjust the dome on my XL for an underbite and slight smoke leak. My band bolts are already bent. Do I need to buy new ones, or will the already bent ones safely and securely retighten after I've aligned the dome? Thanks in advance.
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  • Grillin_beers
    Grillin_beers Posts: 1,345
    edited July 2015
    You should be able to straighten them out as long as they aren't completely warped.  @RRP had a great post recently about realigning your dome and straightening your bands. I'll see if I can find it. Edit:  I'm sorry I misread your post.  I thought your bands were bent not the bolts.  Itsfine to reuse the bolts.  I apologize again, I've been drinking. 
    1 large BGE, Spartanburg SC

    My dog thinks I'm a grilling god. 
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  • GATABITES
    GATABITES Posts: 1,260
    I've taken mine apart twice and the bolts are fine to reuse. I recently swapped out a cracked base and retightened the previously bent bolts with no problem. 
    XL BGE 
    Joe JR 
    Baltimore, MD
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    This ain't an engine head.  They're fine.  Don't try to bend them straight, use them just like they are.
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,527
    I've probably taken my egg apart to transport a dozen plus times and never been an issue reusing bent bolts
    "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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  • 4Runner
    4Runner Posts: 2,948
    I have about 100 grade 5 carriage bolts so I go fresh anytime I need to adjust kid or replace a gasket.  
    Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/  and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
    What am I drinking now?   Woodford....neat
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,373
    Bending metal "work-hardens" it.  (think coat-hanger wire: easy to bend once, a bit stiffer to bend back, stiffer again to bend again, it keeps getting stiffer, then brittle, then it breaks).
    Re-using the bent bolts once or so will probably work, but I agree with 4Runner.  In fact, the one thing I don't like about the Egg's design are these "bent bolts"; you don't see that kind of design anywhere else that I know of.  

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,675
    My egg is fine tuned.  I replaced all hardware with hollow titanium hardware.  Shaving weight is critical to performance.

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    Botch said:
    Bending metal "work-hardens" it.  (think coat-hanger wire: easy to bend once, a bit stiffer to bend back, stiffer again to bend again, it keeps getting stiffer, then brittle, then it breaks).
    Re-using the bent bolts once or so will probably work, but I agree with 4Runner.  In fact, the one thing I don't like about the Egg's design are these "bent bolts"; you don't see that kind of design anywhere else that I know of.  
    That's exactly why I recommended *not* trying to straighten them out.
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    There's bolts?
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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