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XL alignment.. Help!!!

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Josh_solorio
Josh_solorio Posts: 7
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Okay my big green egg family, I am having some issues with my new XL bge... I've studied, watched videos, called the dealer, read articles on the forum, and nothing seems to work... I have assembled my egg exactly by the directions and have tried to tweek it several times... After egg and bands are lined up, everything sits flush, but after putting on the springs it is causing a 1/8th inch gap on the back side of my egg, about 1/4 of the whole egg has an 1/8th inch gap... Without the springs it's perfect as a newborn baby... Passes dollar bill test... After putting springs on it throws 1/4 of the whole egg way off... What the hell am I doing wrong because I am beginning to lose my mind!! Please help!!!!
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  • pgprescott
    pgprescott Posts: 14,544
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    I've seen this before. The band/spring actually lifts the lid off the base. Loosen the top band and force the lid down and relighted. It is going to take two of you probably. The bands won't be aligned in the back. Only way I know. 
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,282
    edited July 2016
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    I had the same issue with my XL.Pgpresott's fix is what fixed mine. It will take 2 people to do it.
    South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS 
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  • Josh_solorio
    Josh_solorio Posts: 7
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    Thank you for the insight! A couple of questions, do i try and do this with the springs connected? Also should I have those blue spacers in? 
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  • abpgwolf
    abpgwolf Posts: 559
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    This work for my XL:

    Tier1Terrier said:

    Crisis averted!!!  I called this morning and spoke to Dewayne at BGE HQ Customer Service.  He was extremely helpful and guided me through the steps to level out the top.  It was extremely simple to do, even for someone who didn't understand the way these things are put together.

    So basically here's what was the problem and what I did.  The first problem was that the lower band was not wrapped around evenly - it was lower in the rear than in the front.  He explained to me that the lower band should come right up to the edge of the lower gasket all the way around the lower half.  So I loosened the carriage bolt on the lower rear band and GENTLY tapped along the band using a block of wood and a rubber mallet until the band was placed evenly around the whole bottom.  Then I tightened the band.  From that point, the underbite had improved significantly, but there was still a bit of unevenness along the planes where the gaskets met and it still did not pass the dollar bill test.  In fact, the gap on the rear side between the gaskets was slightly worse, but I wasn't worried because I knew there were a couple more steps to

    Next step was to adjust the front to back placement to fine tune the sitting of the top to the bottom.  There are two slotted acorn nuts on the top part of the hinge (above the spring) on both sides of the top that needed to be loosened so that I can 'wiggle' the top into a centered position.  So I loosened all 4 nuts, wiggled it into position, then tightened.  Now the top was centered properly (no under or overbite), but there was still unevenness on the plane of contact - in other words, it still failed the dollar bill test.

    The last step was to somewhat repeat the first step (loosening the carriage bolt) except for the upper band.  Wherever there was the largest gap between the two gaskets, I GENTLY tapped the band upward which essentially pushed the lid downward by it's own weight.  Once I saw that the upper band was positioned in such a way that the entire top part of the egg sat nicely and evenly on the bottom, I tightened the carriage bolt of the top band and vuala!  It was fixed.  Dollar bill test passed all the way around the egg.  No more underbite (or overbite).

    I'm happy as a clam!

    Lititz, PA – XL BGE

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  • B747crew
    B747crew Posts: 158
    edited May 2017
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    That's exactly what I'm going to do.  Thanks " apbgwolf "
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