Where to place butts on maiden voyage?

[mguerra]

Ditto Dave

Yeah, do what Dave says. You don't want the spring too tight. I set mine so that the lid will not fully self open, but will stay fully open if I push it up to the fully open position. This is the least spring pressure that will hold it, and therefore the least stress on the mounting bosses on the lid and the body. We are having an unusual cold winter here in Texas and the spring setting for summer is a little too light for the cold. So I tighten it a bit in the cold. I'll slack it off when we get to inferno time!

[LarryR]

So looking down with the open end of the socket facing up to fit over the bolt I'm going counter clockwise. If I was looking up from the floor clockwise.

Do you tighten it with the lid open or closed?

[mguerra]

method

Open the lid by unlocking it fully. If the current spring setting holds the lid fully open, reduce it til the lid just starts to drop a fraction. If the current spring setting has the lid in the down or partially open position, tighten it little by little until when you push it fully open, it stays fully open.

[U2PLT]

Lid Spring

Dennis set instructions: "Tighten or loosen the spring bolt so the lid will stay stopped at the half way open position, but will stay open all the way when you lift it up to full open.