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Why Did I Wait So Long?

CTMike
CTMike Posts: 3,440
in EggHead Forum
Bought my XLBGE used back in 2014 - it had the old style hinges/band assembly. Always had issues with the lid crabbing sideways when opening/closing, overbite, underbite, etc. 

Finally ordered the new style - world of difference. Much easier to open/close, aligned perfectly. 

Definitely recommend if you still have the old style. 

MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
Southeastern CT. 
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  • Sea2Ski
    Sea2Ski Posts: 4,088
    I had the same issue with my Large lid.  Ordered a  replacement assembly before I left.  Hope it fixes my problems.  I tried all the other methods to fix the  issues and finally decided it was time to stop playing around. Assembly will be the day after I get back. 
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    Burning lump in Downingtown, PA or diesel in Cape May, NJ.
    ....just look for the smoke!
    Large and MiniMax
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    Caliking said:   Meat in bung is my favorite. 
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  • bubbajack
    bubbajack Posts: 1,142
    I need to do this for my XL.....
    I drink cheap beer so I can afford good bourbon.

    Salisbury, NC...... XL,Lx3,Mx2,S, MM, Mini BGE, FireDisc x2. Blackstone 22", Offset smoker, weber kettle 22"


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  • 55Kevy
    55Kevy Posts: 235
    My XL was purchased in mid-2015. Do I likely have new or old style hinge and how would I tell?

    Kevin

    Beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, CA
    XL BGE, Woo2, AR


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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,440
    55Kevy said:
    My XL was purchased in mid-2015. Do I likely have new or old style hinge and how would I tell?
    Does your upper band/handle have the vertical risers that go over the rim of the lid as shown in the picture above?

    If not, you have the old style. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,893
    Easy to install Mike?  I’ve been thinking about doing this myself.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • 55Kevy
    55Kevy Posts: 235
    @CTMike No, I do not. Thanks for the info, I'll look into the new style. I've never been happy with how far my dome opens.

    Kevin

    Beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, CA
    XL BGE, Woo2, AR


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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    @JohnInCarolina things like this are easy-peasy for guys who have their own cement mixer in their back yard. 
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,893
    XC242 said:
    @JohnInCarolina things like this are easy-peasy for guys who have their own cement mixer in their back yard. 
    Good point.  Mike is also a nuclear engineer.  So perhaps not the best point of reference for “easy”.  I’ll ask the guy at ACE.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • milesvdustin
    milesvdustin Posts: 2,882
    I have these bands for both larges sitting in boxes, need to install them. 

    2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe

    Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)

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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,896
    I put em on my large. They make a world of difference. And they were easy for an uneducated redneck like me. 

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    JohnInCarolina said:
    XC242 said:
    @JohnInCarolina things like this are easy-peasy for guys who have their own cement mixer in their back yard. 
    Good point.  Mike is also a nuclear engineer.  So perhaps not the best point of reference for “easy”.  I’ll ask the guy at ACE.
    Yaaa, that means it’s even easier and peasier for him. I want to know what he can make with that cement mixer. Not the cement that comes out of it, but what he could make that machine into...
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,184
    XC242 said:
    JohnInCarolina said:
    XC242 said:
    @JohnInCarolina things like this are easy-peasy for guys who have their own cement mixer in their back yard. 
    Good point.  Mike is also a nuclear engineer.  So perhaps not the best point of reference for “easy”.  I’ll ask the guy at ACE.
    Yaaa, that means it’s even easier and peasier for him. I want to know what he can make with that cement mixer. Not the cement that comes out of it, but what he could make that machine into...
    I hear he uses it like a Kitchen Aid. 
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  • Jeremiah
    Jeremiah Posts: 6,412
    Good to hear. Will be doing this myself shortly. 
    Slumming it in Aiken, SC. 
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,440
    edited May 2019
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Easy to install Mike?  I’ve been thinking about doing this myself.
    Very - just pay CLOSE attention to the pictogram instructions. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,440
    XC242 said:
    @JohnInCarolina things like this are easy-peasy for guys who have their own cement mixer in their back yard. 
    I borrowed that cement mixer from a friend, who sadly passed away shortly after. It is from the 40s or 50s I believe, the drum is made of solid steel. All in it tips the scales north of 400 lbs. Tried to return it to my buddy’s wife - she said “Hell no.”
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,440
    JohnInCarolina said:
    XC242 said:
    @JohnInCarolina things like this are easy-peasy for guys who have their own cement mixer in their back yard. 
    Good point.  Mike is also a nuclear engineer.  So perhaps not the best point of reference for “easy”.  I’ll ask the guy at ACE.
    Just because I’m familiar with things like “average logarithmic energy decrement per collision,” “6 factor formula,” and “delayed neutron fraction,” one should not assume I’m smart. 

    Notice where I mentioned to @JohnInCarolina about it being easy to do if you follow the pictograms CLOSELY? There’s a reason I said that. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • damnedhooligan
    damnedhooligan Posts: 215
    How much did you pay?

    XL BGE with adj rig & woo2

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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,440
    damnedhooligan said:
    How much did you pay?
    I think they were in the neighborhood of a buck twenty. 
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,377
    I changed out the hinges on my XL and L, but I have been called a very stable genius by many.   
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • CTMike
    CTMike Posts: 3,440
    thetrim said:
    I changed out the hinges on my XL and L, but I have been called a very stable genius by many.   
    Being called a stable genius amongst a bunch of dirt-eating grunts just puts you slightly ahead of the crayon eating Marines doesn’t it?
    MMBGE / Large BGE / XL BGE (Craigslist Find) / SF30x80 cabinet trailer - "Ol' Mortimer" / Outdoor kitchen in progress.  

    RECOVERING BUBBLEHEAD
    Southeastern CT. 
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  • milesvdustin
    milesvdustin Posts: 2,882
    Hey, we Marines like our crayons 

    2 LBGE, Blackstone 36, Jumbo Joe

    Egging in Southern Illinois (Marion)

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,856
    It's possible I'm a moran, but I struggled putting the new bands on.  When they are packaged in the box, they are wound pretty tight, and I had trouble getting them stretched around the lid of my large.  It could be that my lid isn't a perfect circle. 

    Anyway, after lots of cursing and walking away a few times, I finally got it done, and I'm very pleased with the new bands and hinges.
    NOLA
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,377
    I can proudly admit that the first time I did it, I put one of the bands on upside down.  That's when my knuckle-draggin', brute force and ignorance in execution almost took me down.  Had to nearly have an intervention before I realized the Springs wouldn't fit right.  Quickly disassembled, and reassembled.  I wish I had a nuclear engineering bubblehead to tell me to look more closely at the pictures.

    One other thing you could do is buy the new bands, then bring them, along with your egg, to a Butt Blast or Brisket camp.  That would be a fun group project.  Just make sure you get ti done before too much marinade gets distributed...  So you'll want to start around 0800
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,308
    edited May 2019
    buzd504 said:
    It's possible I'm a moran, but I struggled putting the new bands on.  When they are packaged in the box, they are wound pretty tight, and I had trouble getting them stretched around the lid of my large.  It could be that my lid isn't a perfect circle. 

    Anyway, after lots of cursing and walking away a few times, I finally got it done, and I'm very pleased with the new bands and hinges.
      It is spelled moron. :-)
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,856
    alaskanassasin said:

      It is spelled moron. :-)

    NOLA
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,173
    I’ve been meaning to update the bands because they look safer and better.  I hope they’re easier to do the occasional bolt torque check & reset.
    Flint, Michigan
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