I have a new hopper ring on its way. I removed mine and decided to have it replaced. Yeah the inner steel bar was bowed inward. To bad they couldn't weld this inner steel piece in the middle or better yet all the way across. Doing this though might prevent the hopper boot to fit snug up against the bottom of the hopper. There must be away...oliver power wrote: Near spring of last year is when I first started experiencing coal hanging up in the hopper , due to the steel ring being warped inward. It's my own fault for over firing the stove. Other than the steel hopper ring , the rest of the stove looked good as new. That's why I questioned wether or not your steel bar was cut out on purpose. Last fall , I did replace the gaskets on the front door , as well as the hopper door. Hope this helped.
I also will be replacing the gasket around the hopper door. I just hope the two nuts will thread off the screws easily. Mine looks buggered up a bit and could foresee the bolts twisting off and snapping.
Were you experiencing the coal burning up into the hopper, thus the reason why replacing the hopper gasket? First time doing this since you owned the 50-93?