Help replacing side burner pilot line

[DTrinh]

Was trying to remove the burner valve off the side burner of my genesis gold and I stupidly broke the line going from the valve to the cook top. I think my best bet is to find a generic replacement pilot tube and flared ends. Any one have a guess to what size the tubing is and what the thread size would be? I have a caliper measuring device on the way, and am not sure how else to get a precise measurement of them..

Thanks!

 

[LMichaels]

Just a quick tip. There is not much special there. You could almost put a piece of silicone high temp tubing over both ends and live with that. There is no real pressure there. Your chances of it failing are slim and none

 

[Bruce]

I am thinking brake line would be a possibility as well. If you can match the size, all you would need is a length of tubing and a flare kit which is usually available free to rent from an auto parts store. I had never did anything with brake lines before but I redid the brake lines on my camper about 5 years ago after watching a couple youtube videos. It may be a deeper cave than you want to venture in, but it might be a solution and wouldn't cost much.

 

[DTrinh]

Just a quick tip. There is not much special there. You could almost put a piece of silicone high temp tubing over both ends and live with that. There is no real pressure there. Your chances of it failing are slim and none

As in just attach silicon tubing to either side and secure it with a hose spring clamp? Might be the easiest option.


Also I like Bruce's idea of getting a brake line flaring tool. More skill and time involved there though but would be nice to know how to do that. I don't imagine myself working on any solid brake lines in the future though. But funny enough I did have to replace a rubber brake line on one of my corners recently.

 

[LMichaels]

Yeah but not a screw clamp. Too much uneven pressure.

 

[DanHoo]

Another option is copper tubing. Easy to bend. Use a slide on brass compression fitting to FIP edit or whatever fitting is needed.

 

[Steve Hoch]

Another option is copper tubing. Easy to bend. Use a slide on brass compression fitting to FIP edit or whatever fitting is needed.




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Good idea Dan. That makes me wonder if an off the shelf ice maker line might work.

 

[LMichaels]

Good idea Dan. That makes me wonder if an off the shelf ice maker line might work.

Would be too small

 

[DTrinh]

Would be too small

The line that broke looks pretty small. would have to put it side by side with a ice line to get a good look.

 

[DanHoo]

I can't see how a 1/4 inch copper tubing would restrict the flow. the ID of 1/4 inch tube seems to be much, much larger than the diameter of the orifice.

edit: table headings from wiki pedia did not come across

nominal diameter | outside diameter | inside diameter (type K) | inside diameter ( type L )

1⁄4

3⁄8 (9.5)

0.305 (7.747)

0.315 (8.001)

Copper tubing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[LMichaels]

The line that broke looks pretty small. would have to put it side by side with a ice line to get a good look.

Brake line is much smaller. Barely 1/8" inside diameter