Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
WHAT: This is a How To on removing the slide rail screws on the older Genesis cook boxes that have corroded in and typically wind up being twisted off.
WHY: It is extremely difficult and time consuming if not impossible to get these screws out without twisting at least one or more of them off inside the cook box. I have trashed many cook boxes over the past few years because I simply could not remove the screws without breaking them off and the process of drilling the screw shafts out never yielded acceptable results. I have found a fast and simple way to get them out 95% of the time. I have taken out probably 50 this way so far this year and have only had one or two that I was not successful with.
WHAT YOU NEED:
o Weber aluminum cook box with frozen in drip rail screws.
o light to medium duty impact driver (impact wrench)
Here is a video I did when I did the removal on my most recent rehab. While the cook box was sand blasted, it had no affect on the screws being frozen. I had already removed two of the screws when I decided to make this video How To. But I do show the final two screws being removed in the video. These were no different that the screws in the other ten or so cook boxes I had done this to early this spring. I did not use any hear or solvent sprays prior to removing these screws. The key to removing them is to very slowly increase the ratcheting power of the impact wrench. The process of the impact hitting the screw tends to break up that corrosion that commonly develops between the steel screw and the aluminum cook box. Once the ratcheting action breaks up the corrosion enough, the screw starts to come out.
Enjoy, and if you have any questions, let me know.
WHY: It is extremely difficult and time consuming if not impossible to get these screws out without twisting at least one or more of them off inside the cook box. I have trashed many cook boxes over the past few years because I simply could not remove the screws without breaking them off and the process of drilling the screw shafts out never yielded acceptable results. I have found a fast and simple way to get them out 95% of the time. I have taken out probably 50 this way so far this year and have only had one or two that I was not successful with.
WHAT YOU NEED:
o Weber aluminum cook box with frozen in drip rail screws.
o light to medium duty impact driver (impact wrench)
Here is a video I did when I did the removal on my most recent rehab. While the cook box was sand blasted, it had no affect on the screws being frozen. I had already removed two of the screws when I decided to make this video How To. But I do show the final two screws being removed in the video. These were no different that the screws in the other ten or so cook boxes I had done this to early this spring. I did not use any hear or solvent sprays prior to removing these screws. The key to removing them is to very slowly increase the ratcheting power of the impact wrench. The process of the impact hitting the screw tends to break up that corrosion that commonly develops between the steel screw and the aluminum cook box. Once the ratcheting action breaks up the corrosion enough, the screw starts to come out.
Enjoy, and if you have any questions, let me know.
