How to bend WSM 18.5 in door?


 
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Brady ATX

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I have some smoke that is exiting the outside door and it is preventing my smoker staying and holding temperature. When contacting customer service at Weber they suggested that I bend the door to prevent heat from leaving. Any suggestions on how to effectively bend the outside door to not eff it up too bad?
 
Brady ATX said:
I have some smoke that is exiting the outside door and it is preventing my smoker staying and holding temperature. When contacting customer service at Weber they suggested that I bend the door to prevent heat from leaving. Any suggestions on how to effectively bend the outside door to not eff it up too bad?
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I think it depends on where it's leaking. I think the typical thing is that the door isn't rounded enough, or it's too flat. So you wanna grab the 2 vertical sides and gently bend them closer together. Maybe if you have a round post that's cylindrical you can do it gently without it buckling. I actually had to do this with my cajun bandit door but with that there was little chance of folding the door.
 
Dustin Dorsey said:
I think the typical thing is that the door isn't rounded enough, or it's too flat. So you wanna grab the 2 vertical sides and gently bend them closer together.
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yes this is what I did. I also put it on and gently hit it with a hammer to eliminate the gaps and it's worked perfect ever since. probably not my brightest move ever, but it worked.
 
I just put the door on my thigh and worked one side at a time till i got the door to where i wanted it, I went slow as to not put a kink in the center worked like a charm.
 
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