Another 56" Vieluxe Restore

[R Chin]

My spit is 3/8” in diameter and drops down to 1/4” at the point where it goes in to the motor. It is approximately 46” long and is clearly original.

It sounds like you have the motor part solved. Mine will arrive from an eBay seller soon.

My Vieluxe spit is 3/8” square throughout its length and tapers to 5/16” square at the tip that engages into the motor drive

 

[Jon Tofte]

I wonder if I was off by a 1/16th”.

 

[Jon Tofte]

And if it’s like mine, the smoke burner and igniter were fully intact if extra heat or flavor needed

Fortunately, the smoker box burner seems to be the only one that escaped the doom the others suffered due to two decades of overwhelming neglect. It probably wasn’t used that much, and the smoker box helped shield it.

 

[LMichaels]

If need be Jon IIRC the burners can sub'd with 1st gen Summit burners. IIRC the fireboxes were made with the same "geometry". But Ray may be able to enlighten further on it

 

[MikeNowak]

Score for me as well! I reached back out to the seller I bought my grill from to see if they could find the original rotisserie. Lo and behold he found it!!

 

[LMichaels]

Nice!

 

[Jon Tofte]

Exactly like mine !

 

[R Chin]

If need be Jon IIRC the burners can sub'd with 1st gen Summit burners. IIRC the fireboxes were made with the same "geometry". But Ray may be able to enlighten further on it

The OG summit burners will be 0.5in shorter and the flame will start very close to the front panel of the cook box - but it really is the only option if you can’t salvage the Vieluxe burners

I would probably consider welding closed the first few orifices to keep the flames off the front panel

Can’t recall where the ports for the igniter shoot relative to the front panel though…

 

[LMichaels]

The OG summit burners will be 0.5in shorter and the flame will start very close to the front panel of the cook box - but it really is the only option if you can’t salvage the Vieluxe burners

I would probably consider welding closed the first few orifices to keep the flames off the front panel

Can’t recall where the ports for the igniter shoot relative to the front panel though…

How about late model Genesis burners? They might be closer in length but I've never looked at one so IDK how they fasten internally