JoeNY Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 About a month ago I tightened my spring and since then my KK will not close all the way. The right side closes flush but the left side has about a half inch gap. I've gone so far as to take the entire top off the unit and remove the spring and it STILL won't close. Doing slow and low cooks has been impossible unless I seal it with packing tape, not exactly my ideal solution. Dennis has tried to help but with the time difference it's very hard to hook up. I have someone here who can help today so if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. Before the spring tightening the unit opened and closed fully but loosening the spring does not help now. Thanks, Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trish Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Joe It sounds as though the lid might need to be re-positioned or re-set. Unfortunately I am not qualified to expalin it to you, but I believe there are instructions here on the forum for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeNY Posted March 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Thanks. If anyone can direct me to a link I would be much obliged, I can't seem to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primeats Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Joe, you may have to loosen the nuts on the top to reset the alignment. Before you do this you must loosen the tension all the way on the spring first. When the nuts are loose the top will then sit flush in relation to the bottom of the KK. At that point tighten slowly the 4 nuts. Do the paper test, open the lid carefully(you should have SOME tension on the spring--tighten it a bit.)slide of piece of paper in and slowly close the lidif it's a good seal you will have some difficulty pulling it out. Insert the paper at various points and determine the seal at that point. Tighten the spring to your desired tension. I've also had to realign the closing latch in a similar fashion. This is my opinion only, I've done the same thing and it worked like a charm. I'm sure Dennis may give you similar advice if he has not already-- --look for "smoke leakage" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primeats Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Forgot to ask, is this a GenII or a supreme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemonkey Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 Be careful not to apply much torque to the latch bolts. One of mine was cross-threaded from the factory, and when I tried to remove the acorn nut, the stud sheared off inside the grill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted March 5, 2008 Report Share Posted March 5, 2008 I'll call you in the morning.. your tonight I'll call you in the morning.. your tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeNY Posted March 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Check your email Dennis. The situation has deteriorated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisLinkletter Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Re: Check your email Dennis. The situation has deteriorated. Check your email, I have a solution to your problem. Sorry it took so long.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conodo12 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 JoeNY - PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeDJ16 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 JoeNY - PM sent. Just as a matter of information, when you send someone a PM, an email notification is sent to them. -=Jasen=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanny Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 JoeNY - PM sent. Just as a matter of information, when you send someone a PM, an email notification is sent to them. -=Jasen=- If they have it set up that way. I, for example, don't have email notice. I just look on the forum under the masthead, to see if I have any messages. So far, works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conodo12 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Good to know! I have seen the words "PM Sent" numerous times throughout the forum and just thought it was how things were done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeDJ16 Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Good to know! I have seen the words "PM Sent" numerous times throughout the forum and just thought it was how things were done! Really? Guess yours was just the first one I noticed, so thought it worth mentioning. Anyway, also what Sanny said about the notify at the top and if pop ups are enabled, you can also get a pop up notify. -=Jasen=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
