Got Lucky!!!

chester · Post by **chester** » Thu. Jun. 12, 2014 11:17 am

I had to change the glass door gasket on my Hitzer. Was dreading it after all the stories Ive heard on here, So I finally got to it this week and boy did I luck out ! Sprayed the screws down with a ton of PBY Blaster end let it sit overnight. went down the next after noon and every single one of the screws came out ! Guess I should have played the lottery too !

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Jun. 12, 2014 11:30 am

Amazing how things go when done the RIGHT way Chester---NICE

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Thu. Jun. 12, 2014 11:40 am

Maybe it's also that central NY air.

Clean country livin' !

Paul

KingCoal · Post by **KingCoal** » Thu. Jun. 12, 2014 11:41 am

freetown fred wrote:Amazing how things go when done the RIGHT way Chester---NICE

Hey Fred,

great to see you're up and about enough to post.

thoughts and prayers,
steve

Stoker6268 · Post by **Stoker6268** » Thu. Jun. 12, 2014 1:57 pm

What stories? I had to replace mine due to a defect. No problems. Did it with the stove burning. Took less than 2 minutes. I assume people have trouble with the bolts? Mine was only a few months old so maybe thats why I didnt have problem...

Pancho · Post by **Pancho** » Fri. Jun. 13, 2014 1:46 pm

Stoker6268 wrote:What stories? I had to replace mine due to a defect. No problems. Did it with the stove burning. Took less than 2 minutes. I assume people have trouble with the bolts? Mine was only a few months old so maybe thats why I didnt have problem...

On my old wood stove (used since 1999) they used socket head metric fasteners. No matter where the fastener was in the fire box, the screws always backed out easily. I think they were pretty hard as fasteners go and they also had a black oxide looking finish on them. There was never any rust on them either.

....they should probably use those on exhaust manifolds....

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Fri. Jun. 13, 2014 3:17 pm

Pancho wrote:
Stoker6268 wrote:What stories? I had to replace mine due to a defect. No problems. Did it with the stove burning. Took less than 2 minutes. I assume people have trouble with the bolts? Mine was only a few months old so maybe thats why I didnt have problem...
On my old wood stove (used since 1999) they used socket head metric fasteners. No matter where the fastener was in the fire box, the screws always backed out easily. I think they were pretty hard as fasteners go and they also had a black oxide looking finish on them. There was never any rust on them either.

....they should probably use those on exhaust manifolds....

They used to on some of the racing header kits. That what the Black Jack kit I put on my AMX had. Probably too expensive for just production line OEM exhaust manifolds ?

Paul

Pancho · Post by **Pancho** » Fri. Jun. 13, 2014 9:54 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:
Pancho wrote:
They used to on some of the racing header kits. That what the Black Jack kit I put on my AMX had. Probably too expensive for just production line OEM exhaust manifolds ?

Paul

I put hardened studs/nuts on my Cutty......but I imagine the OE's have a cost and longevity equation. There's a reason they don't do it.