John G (Boston)
TVWBB Super Fan
Hello Everyone,
Well I think I have figured out that none of the Genesis 1000 or Silver cookbox mounting bosses are actually threaded. The first few grills I started working on appeared to have the cookbox mounting bolt *threaded* into the aluminum casting - with no nut present. Then I found the old 1000 redhead and it had a bolt with a nut. The aluminum boss was clearly not threaded on this cookbox. I wrongly assumed the early ones had a nut and bolt, while the later ones were threaded directly into the aluminum.
Then I started reading through ALL of the Genesis manuals I could find and it seems they talk about a nut and bolt on the later non SWE Silver grills. So, out of the four grills that I have with rusted cookbox mounting bolts, there are NONE that show any sign of a nut - just a rusted off conical stump from the end of the bolt. My assumption here is that the nuts have dissolved away. On SWE grills they don't talk about the bolt since it was installed at the factory - so not sure on those. The exploded view does not show a nut on the SWE grills so ???
-John (Boston)
Well I think I have figured out that none of the Genesis 1000 or Silver cookbox mounting bosses are actually threaded. The first few grills I started working on appeared to have the cookbox mounting bolt *threaded* into the aluminum casting - with no nut present. Then I found the old 1000 redhead and it had a bolt with a nut. The aluminum boss was clearly not threaded on this cookbox. I wrongly assumed the early ones had a nut and bolt, while the later ones were threaded directly into the aluminum.
Then I started reading through ALL of the Genesis manuals I could find and it seems they talk about a nut and bolt on the later non SWE Silver grills. So, out of the four grills that I have with rusted cookbox mounting bolts, there are NONE that show any sign of a nut - just a rusted off conical stump from the end of the bolt. My assumption here is that the nuts have dissolved away. On SWE grills they don't talk about the bolt since it was installed at the factory - so not sure on those. The exploded view does not show a nut on the SWE grills so ???
-John (Boston)