KozyHeat Z42 burn tube fell out...

[pburgh]

So last year my latch handle fell off (sheared off)... this year it's the front-most burn tube. It has fallen out on the right side and won't stay back in. I've gone as far as to put some vice-grips on it and tap it back in to the hole with a hammer... but it still falls out within a few fires.

Has anyone had this happen? It's sort of annoying because I can't load the stove up fully when the tube is hanging down.

Thanks!

 

[DAKSY]

Can't help you with the reason, but a quick fix would be to get it into position & mark where the left side of the tube is against the left side of the stove, using a Sharpie.... Remove the tube & drill thru close to the mark, making a small enough hole to insert a cotter pin or a nail. Re-position the tube in the stove & insert the pin. The tube won't be able to move to the left as long as the pin is in place...HTH

 

[velvetfoot]

Different stove, but one of my tubes also fell out earlier this season. I had taken it out to brush the chimney. I had to bang on the vicegrips pretty hard to get it to stay.

 

[pburgh]

Ok, thanks. I'll give it another go when the stove cools off. I haven't been able to let it rest since it's been so darn cold up here!

If I can get it back in place with vice grips, I will also throw a pin in there to be safe.

 

[pburgh]

Closure... I got in there today after letting everything cool off. I noticed there's a bolt holding the tube in place on the end... apparently that was preventing me from getting the tube back in. So, I took that bolt out, slide the tube in, and put the bolt back. It's super secure now... should hold.

 

[velvetfoot]

My Quads had a bolted on 'pin' that held on the tubes. Never a problem with getting them out. The vise grips and hammer method seems crude.