Hello all....I am bringing a 2007 Summit 650 back to life and I am almost finished but the cabinet doors have a little issue. On both doors the top spring loaded latch nub thing is bent which even with adjustment will not allow me to align the doors correctly. Is there a way to get at the inner piece and bend it back? Is the little screw holding the nub in place? Can I just hammer it back in place without breaking it? The only thing I can think of to do is to make a small metal plate with a hole in it to fit just the nub. I will screw the plate in over the nub trapping it to ride straight up and down......but fingers crossed u guys have a better fix for me....see pics
Does anyone know how to fix this? Genesis and Summit cabinet door spring loaded nub
- Thread starter JimV
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Steve Hoch
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Jim, is that screw holding that nub in? Can you remove it and straighten or replace what is probably a spring inside there?
I dont understand how the mechanism is held together. It seems to me that if I unscrew the screw the nub will fall into the hollow door. I am picking up a donor tomorrow and hoping that I will get a set of doors out of that grill. Once I have some back up doors I can take chances with these. I think it is just a metal tab inside the door and it can probably just be pulled up and bent back into place.
Steve Hoch
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BPratt, is that a replaceable part that you know of?
Dave in KC
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Summit and Genesis doors are spot welded. I have yet to
find a legitimate way to disassemble/reassemble these doors
but will certainly entertain any ideas.
The genesis doors and probably the summit have rivets at the bottom holding the trim piece. Remove the rivets and you can take off the trim piece.
Once the trim piece and handle are off you can get to work.
If you need to repair or replace the front panel it is glued to a foam square backer and is spot welded. The spot welds are very small and can be drilled out or gently popped off with a flat pry tool. The glue on the foam backer is a little tricky to free from the panel.
You should be able to access the nub assembly once the trim is off. I think in Jim’s case the door frame is tweaked and the nub is ok.
Once you have the trim piece off you can reverse the swing of the door. Comes in handy if you have 2 left doors and need a right
Once the trim piece and handle are off you can get to work.
If you need to repair or replace the front panel it is glued to a foam square backer and is spot welded. The spot welds are very small and can be drilled out or gently popped off with a flat pry tool. The glue on the foam backer is a little tricky to free from the panel.
You should be able to access the nub assembly once the trim is off. I think in Jim’s case the door frame is tweaked and the nub is ok.
Once you have the trim piece off you can reverse the swing of the door. Comes in handy if you have 2 left doors and need a right
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Scott Smith
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For a quick and dirty solution, I imagine you could enlarge (drill out) the hole the thing fits into to accommodate the pin. Just an idea.
Dave in KC
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How would you go about reassembling this without a spot welder?
1/8 steel rivets
The spot weld leaves an indent. The head of the rivet is hidden by the trim
This grill had a dog using the bottom corner as a fire hydrant. It rotted the door frame and frame leg. It’s copper colored so finding a replacement door would be tough. I was forced to repair the door thats when I saw how it’s constructed
This grill had a dog using the bottom corner as a fire hydrant. It rotted the door frame and frame leg. It’s copper colored so finding a replacement door would be tough. I was forced to repair the door thats when I saw how it’s constructed
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Scott Smith
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I don't think door latching hardware has to be pretty.