Minimax Nest Failure

aymobley · February 2017

Hi All:

Brand-new Egghead here. I've had my Minimax for a couple of weeks. The other day I lifted the MM to move it, and one of the small nuts that connects the handle band to the "legs" of the nest popped off. I tried to re-connect the nut to the bolt, but it somehow got stripped. So, as a MacGyver solution, I threaded the nut back on with some threadlock. Seems to be holding just fine now. Here's my question. Is this common? Are there other issues with the MM nest I should know about? Are there any preventive measures I can take to make sure I don't have a catastrophic failure in the future? Thanks everyone!

northGAcock · February 2017

There is a fix as they made enhancements to the the handle. Use the search function this forum, a great deal of info is available. Rest easy..... BGE will upgrade it for you.

Stormbringer · February 2017

Here's the thread you need:

http://www.eggheadforum.com/discussion/1195642/minimax-owners-psa-pertaining-to-the-carrier-handle/p1

And welcome!

aymobley · February 2017

Thank you!

northGAcock · February 2017

Thanks @stormbringer .....I am on my phone.

JohnnyTarheel · February 2017

My question to BGE is why are dealers not performing the mod prior to sellingthe MM? This is not a new issue and they are selling a flawed egg.

chuckytheegghead · February 2017

JohnnyTarheel said:

My question to BGE is why are dealers not performing the mod prior to sellingthe MM? This is not a new issue and they are selling a flawed egg.

How many dealers even know? Just because they sell the product doesn't necessarily mean they know about all that is going on. I wonder if BGE even informs there dealers or just waits for warranty claims.

HofstraJet · February 2017

chuckytheegghead said:

JohnnyTarheel said:

My question to BGE is why are dealers not performing the mod prior to sellingthe MM? This is not a new issue and they are selling a flawed egg.

How many dealers even know? Just because they sell the product doesn't necessarily mean they know about all that is going on. I wonder if BGE even informs there dealers or just waits for warranty claims.

That would be pretty sad if BGE waits for claims because the warranty claim could be for a new egg if the carrier failed, not to mention a possible tort claim if the damaged egg injured someone or something.

chuckytheegghead · February 2017

In the end, they looked after me. However, when I first called I was told it's not a recall, it's not like a car you know. That's BGE Canada at its finest.

Lit · February 2017

Even BGE doesn't know about it. I went to the Tucker store their headquarters and asked for thehamdle kit and the guy at the desk had to call Bruce to find out what I was talking about. They didn't have any and still had to mail the kit to me.

aymobley · February 2017

Based on the thread link above, looks like I got the new and improved handle construction....

YEMTrey · February 2017

That you do. And it still failed?

Photo Egg · February 2017

The handle on my Kamado Joe Jr stand is still going strong...lol

It's Friday...I had to do it.

The_Stache · February 2017

aymobley said:

Based on the thread link above, looks like I got the new and improved handle construction....

When I installed my "not recalled, improvement" handles I used Red Threadlocker on them... not expecting failures there any longer!

aymobley · February 2017

No, the handle didn't fail at all, it was one of the little bolts that holds the band of the handle onto the legs of the nest. Red thread lock on that has fixed the issue.

Ozzie_Isaac · February 2017

So lose bolts?

Looks like I will add that to my Egg maintnence regimen. I check my band bolts on my larger eggs every 6 months or so.

Ozzie_Isaac · February 2017

*loose*

aymobley · February 2017

Yes, it was a loose bolt. I am very ocd when it comes to things like that, so it was probably just a case of over-tightening it. I check all fasteners about once every 2 weeks.

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