Quick partial disassembly of Weber genesis 1000

[Bruce]

I agree with Cody, however, if it is just personal use grill and you are not super concerned with making it look like new, a good scrape out and maybe some scrubbing is just fine. 10 cooks in, even a blasted cook box will look the same.

 

[Bruce]

Oh, and you can get a wide range on prices for blasting. But from what I experienced, you should expect something around $50 for cook box and end caps completely blasted. I have heard quotes as high as $125. Some less that $50 for all three.

 

[Jeffrey W]

Oh, and you can get a wide range on prices for blasting. But from what I experienced, you should expect something around $50 for cook box and end caps completely blasted. I have heard quotes as high as $125. Some less that $50 for all three.

It’s pretty rural where I am, I called a nearby place that quoted $80 an hour. Not sure how long it takes to get the end caps cleaned by sand blasting. I’m not as concerned about the cookbox as that I will just scrape out the inside with a putty knife and then the outside seems easier to spray paint after some light cleaning

 

[Jeffrey W]

Not getting very far with the angle grinder. Also I checked the parts sourcing list thread and didn’t find replacement bolts and nuts for these end caps. Any stainless steel or black like the original suggestions?

 

[Cody Bratton]

A good blasting would take 30-40 minutes for all of it. I would think. @MarkCuda has watched his stuff get blasted, maybe he would weigh in?

https://www.boltdepot.com/Product-Details.aspx?product=10505
https://www.boltdepot.com/Product-Details.aspx?product=7403

 

[Steve Hoch]

Not getting very far with the angle grinder. Also I checked the parts sourcing list thread and didn’t find replacement bolts and nuts for these end caps. Any stainless steel or black like the original suggestions?


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I always repaint and reuse the stock nuts and bolts.

 

[Bruce]

I always use the bolts that Cody posted.

 

[Cody Bratton]

I always repaint and reuse the stock nuts and bolts.

I have done them both ways. Last one I added a cabinet grill SS cookbox shield and replaced all the hardware on the grill with SS including washers w/ the black nylon ones as backers (helps prevent paint getting scratched/nicked), with the exception of the fasteners for the plastic frame end caps. It had a nice look. Small details that added up and when the couple came to pick it up, they loved it.

 

[Steve Hoch]

I always use the bolts that Cody posted.

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It looks fine that way too. I just like the stock look better and it's one less thing I need to buy.

 

[Jeffrey W]

A good blasting would take 30-40 minutes for all of it. I would think. @MarkCuda has watched his stuff get blasted, maybe he would weigh in?

https://www.boltdepot.com/Product-Details.aspx?product=10505
https://www.boltdepot.com/Product-Details.aspx?product=7403

this is helpful, thanks, if I can’t get the original to work well I’ll get these. I had to jam a flat head under some of the original nuts to get them to budge

 

[Cody Bratton]

We’ve all used some creative ways to get those bolts out. Sometimes it wrecks the nuts.

 

[Jeffrey W]

how necessary to try to get rust reformer inside these tubes with this level of surface rust. The outside of the tubes are all rust free

Also any suggestions for getting these inserts out?

 

[Steve Hoch]

Just stick a screwdriver in there and pry them out or pull them out with a needle nose pliers.

 

[Steve Hoch]

Oh, the rust. It doesn't look too bad, I have a gun cleaning brush and rod that I put in my drill to clean that up.

 

[Samuel]

Oh, the rust. It doesn't look too bad, I have a gun cleaning brush and rod that I put in my drill to clean that up.

What does one of those look like. I have never had a gun, and I have never seen one.

 

[Steve Hoch]

What does one of those look like. I have never had a gun, and I have never seen one.

It's just a three piece aluminum rod that you screw the appropriate sized brass wire brush into for cleaning the barrel of a gun. They also work good for the inside of the frame pieces.

 

[Jeffrey W]

Just stick a screwdriver in there and pry them out or pull them out with a needle nose pliers.

That was easy, I was worried about damaging the crossbar - they were rusted just enough to not withstand banging it out with a screw driver

 

[Jeffrey W]

I have these threaded inserts which I now realize are not like the originals.



Would I be better off with these? It is for the two lower crossbars on the bottom of the frame.

 

[Bruce]

Yes, those second ones are the best. The top ones are leg leveling inserts. They will probably work, but not as well as the ones designed for connecting square tubing.

 

[Jeffrey W]

Yes, those second ones are the best. The top ones are leg leveling inserts. They will probably work, but not as well as the ones designed for connecting square tubing.

Thanks I’ll order those other ones