New addition to auger..

[Goneincognito]

I saw on another forum that Weber have swapped the cotter pin on the auger to a nut/bolt.
Apparently its a new change they have just implemented.

 

[Mojo RyZen]

And the new motor is Rev H. What's up with that and what happened to Rev G?

 

[AHoneyman]

I would be very interested in knowing. At one time, Rev F was the big "fix".

 

[Mr. X]

This is the same auger nut/bot that came with my welded chute in December. the instructions did not mention it and still referred to the cotter pin. My replacement ex4 is in transit so i may be grilling on it by the weekend.

 

[catpowered]

May I ask what your issues were with the previous one? I have an EX6 and it has been nothing but a problem child.

 

[Mr. X]

May I ask what your issues were with the previous one? I have an EX6 and it has been nothing but a problem child.

I had several issues but the biggest was that the unit stopped working/ dead etc. i posted that in another thread

 

[rexster314]

So it seems Weber would rather strip a motor out than have a sacrificial cotter pin

 

[Mr. X]

So it seems Weber would rather strip a motor out than have a sacrificial cotter pin

i had this bolt on mine and it seemed like it was more flimsy than the cotter pin. I wonder if it's a shear bolt?

 

[Bruno]

i had this bolt on mine and it seemed like it was more flimsy than the cotter pin. I wonder if it's a shear bolt?

Good call, that makes a lot of sense.
Might even break easier than the cotter pin if that was their intention .

 

[AHoneyman]

That cotter that I bent around was fairly big and stiff.

 

[Cannukque]

Agreed I would think this is a shear bolt. Reason may be to help prevent pellets and dust from clogging up around the cotter pin depending on how it is bent?

 

[MikeM]

Agreed I would think this is a shear bolt. Reason may be to help prevent pellets and dust from clogging up around the cotter pin depending on how it is bent?

My solution to cotter pin fix