Here's my repair on the firebox load door..
The hinge plate is bolted to the door frame with 5/16" bolts that tap into a weld nut with a threaded shoulder.
Well, I tightened to much when I was adjusting the door and tore the shoulder off, oddly the hole in the door frame that the weld nut comes through is slightly oval so I couldn't tap it for a 3/8" bolt.
I screwed in a piece of 5/16" rod and welded it from the back side, then cut it off at 3/4" long, I figured while I was set up, I should do the top one even though it wasn't broken.....yet.
I'm really surprised that this wasn't the original design, it seems so much stronger but we"ll see, maybe I'm wrong.
The hinge plate is bolted to the door frame with 5/16" bolts that tap into a weld nut with a threaded shoulder.
Well, I tightened to much when I was adjusting the door and tore the shoulder off, oddly the hole in the door frame that the weld nut comes through is slightly oval so I couldn't tap it for a 3/8" bolt.
I screwed in a piece of 5/16" rod and welded it from the back side, then cut it off at 3/4" long, I figured while I was set up, I should do the top one even though it wasn't broken.....yet.
I'm really surprised that this wasn't the original design, it seems so much stronger but we"ll see, maybe I'm wrong.
