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Quick partial disassembly of Weber genesis 1000


 
I’d like to start cleaning the manifold and valves today. Is there a penetrating oil easily found locally that someone could recommend to loosen rust, clean and also help out the valves? I’ve seen products recommended but it would take ordering online.

I also plan on taking a brass wire wheel with a dremel tool to clean the valves, is there anything I should be careful about? Will rustoleum high alone be good for painting and preventing further rust?IMG_0146.jpeg
 
I always use a brass wire wheel in my drill so if you use a Dremel I would just be careful to not use too much pressure on the valves so you don't scratch them badly or gouge the metal. As far as a penetrant, just use WD-40 if you don't want to order anything. The Rust-Oleum high heat is just fine for painting a manifold.
 
Steve Hoch said:
I always use a brass wire wheel in my drill so if you use a Dremel I would just be careful to not use too much pressure on the valves so you don't scratch them badly or gouge the metal. As far as a penetrant, just use WD-40 if you don't want to order anything. The Rust-Oleum high heat is just fine for painting a manifold.
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Would the drill be a better tool to use on the valves? I have some wire wheel attachments for my drill also.
 
Honestly I find drills VERY hard to control. I personally use a small air powered (you can find electric as well) angled die grinder. Much more controllable
 
LMichaels said:
Honestly I find drills VERY hard to control. I personally use a small air powered (you can find electric as well) angled die grinder. Much more controllable
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I’ll try both the dremel and the drill, any part of the valve I should pay special attention to not to damage? Would spraying the whole thing down with wd40 and then cleaning the manifold and the valves be a good plan of attack?
 
If your drill is an impact gun style which personally I find to be very easy to control and very effective. The quality and the power of the impact gun makes a big difference though.
 
I've used my Dewalt XR impact guns on dozens of grills. Cook boxes, lid end caps, grates, flavorizer bars and many more miscellaneous parts. They're very easy to use and very effective.

For the valves and regulators I go over them just very lightly and carefully with the wire wheel and then polished with Mother's brand polish followed by one or two coats of Wax to preserve the shine.
 

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The valves have always come apart very easily for me. They're quite simple to take apart clean and lubricate with high temp Grease and put back together. It is debatable whether this is necessary or not though. They will most likely run smoother afterwards but on the other hand they will probably continue to work fine without disassembly.

 
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Josh Dekubber said:
The valves have always come apart very easily for me. They're quite simple to take apart clean and lubricate with high temp Grease and put back together. It is debatable whether this is necessary or not though. They will most likely run smoother afterwards but on the other hand they will probably continue to work fine without disassembly.

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I watched this again the other day. A few years ago I did my first rehab on another genesis 1000 I gave to my father. This is now my second attempt and this was a bit of a pitfall for me - I had tried this but started stripping two of the screws. I read in one of the treads that they are actually pozidrive screws. Is the case? Would a pz driver solve that problem? If so what would be the correct size?

Otherwise my valves seem to turn and click just fine so I may just leave it
 
Josh Dekubber said:
I've used my Dewalt XR impact guns on dozens of grills. Cook boxes, lid end caps, grates, flavorizer bars and many more miscellaneous parts. They're very easy to use and very effective.

For the valves and regulators I go over them just very lightly and carefully with the wire wheel and then polished with Mother's brand polish followed by one or two coats of Wax to preserve the shine.
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This is great info, thanks. I don’t have an impact driver, just a reugular power drill/driver - but always welcome the excuse to get something new.

What kind of wax did you use?
 
LMichaels said:
Honestly I find drills VERY hard to control. I personally use a small air powered (you can find electric as well) angled die grinder. Much more controllable
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How would the die grinder improve on my rotary tool. Is it more precise? Better speed control? They have an electric one at harbor freight. I also found this die grinder on Facebook Marketplace place very close to me. It’s not a right angle though, so not sure if it would be optimal.

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Jeffrey W said:
How would the die grinder improve on my rotary tool. Is it more precise? Better speed control? They have an electric one at harbor freight. I also found this die grinder on Facebook Marketplace place very close to me. It’s not a right angle though, so not sure if it would be optimal.

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Just use what you got. I use an 18V Ryobi drill because that's what I have and it's fine.
 
Jeffrey W said:
I may give it a try, do you know if it is correct that the small screws need a Pozi drive bit?
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I have just used the closest size Phillips bit and that's worked fine but grills in my area seem to be in better shape than they are in a lot of other areas. I don't have much problems with rust or seized bolts and screws. All the ones that I've done have luckily turned pretty easily.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
I have just used the closest size Phillips bit and that's worked fine but grills in my area seem to be in better shape than they are in a lot of other areas. I don't have much problems with rust or seized bolts and screws. All the ones that I've done have luckily turned pretty easily.
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I bought both grills in Vermont and New Hampshire, very humid summers. The first one had way more rust than this current one. This is what I am currently dealing with. That looks like red paint on the screw now rust.

On another I was trying to figure out what year this one was manufactured, the sticker on the control panel is very worn, looks like a ‘97

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