Harman Advance Glass Hopper Lid loose disaster avoidance!

Hello
I just filled the hopper with a full bag of pellets and started closing the glass lid when I felt it slide back and not latch easily? The all of a sudden I saw the right bolt that holds the lid on had just fallen off! Oh no!
Then I saw it, boy was I lucky! It fell after I dumped the bag of pellets in, right on the top! See pic 1.
Has this happened to you?
I then noticed the left bolt was very loose also!
So I took them out and found a nice set of Stainless Steel round Phillips head nuts and bolts WITH C lock washers and installed them. The lock washers will really help them from getting loose! I did keep the OEM neoprene washer under the bolt head to protect the glass.
Any comments?
Pic 1 - fallen custom Harmen button bolt in the hopper full of pellets!
Pic 2 - Harman button bolt and special button but
Pic 3-4 - OEM bolt setup
Pic 5-6 - Phillip bolt setup with C lock washer
Pic 7 - New glass lid bolts and nuts

 

It happens.....not alot, but it happens.....I keep extra bolts! I charge a crazy amount of money for them too!

 

Isn't that called gouging?

 

I thought we were gouging in that other thread?

Here it sounds like supply and demand. You demand the original style bolts and Lousyweather supplies them... At a price.


KaptJaq

 

Good catch. It's hard to tell the size from the picture but those OEM bolts look like some hockey helmet bolts....but they're not cheap either.

 

The good thing is that you do NOT Have to Use those OEM bolts when the standard 10-24 fit and actually hold longer and better when lock washers are used too! Sure they look nice but looks are not everything.

 

"Chicago Screws" https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...BhPfSy45r8xwZ_vOg&sig2=1E6Ha47yQOAeteJAMib6-Q

Install the factory fasteners and use a tiny bit of BLUE loctite.

This will keep them snug, but will allow them to be removed if need be.

 

lol- I got 'em, you wants 'em!