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Wood Nutt

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Sagging Shaver Door
« on: November 29, 2013, 06:38:29 AM »

My shaver door hinges were only two 5/16 bolts.  I think my main reason for the door gasket coming apart was the north/south movement of the door when opening it at least a couple of times a day.  I found a solution, I took a single piece of solid steel rod longer than the distance between the hinges, drilled out the holes 1/32 larger than the rod in the stove hinges and slid the rod thru both hinges.  Really made the door function much better.  I can post a picture if anyone needs to see the fix.

I am new to the forum and am starting my 2nd season heating with this Shaver but have been reading on it for over a year now.  I see all of the negative posts about Shaver but so far so good for me.

I learned a bunch of tips last year from this site with my install.  thanks!  :thumbup:
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Re: Sagging Shaver Door
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2013, 05:24:14 PM »

Post up some pics. We always like to see them! Welcome to the forum.
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Re: Sagging Shaver Door
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2013, 04:50:50 PM »

 Most of us seem to be "tinkering" with something every year! Welcome!
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Re: Sagging Shaver Door
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2013, 08:02:13 PM »

My attempt at attaching a couple of photos of the door.

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Re: Sagging Shaver Door
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2013, 09:55:18 PM »

Wood Nut,

Your hinge pin fix looks good!

Greg Steinacher
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Re: Sagging Shaver Door
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2013, 07:07:06 AM »

My Shaver door is not sagging  however, the latch is getting very hard to open and shut.  I'm afraid that the door latch will break at any time.  Creosote is not a problem.  It seems that the metal latch is binding somewhere. Any suggestions?
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Re: Sagging Shaver Door
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2013, 09:29:51 AM »

Oil it
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Re: Sagging Shaver Door
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2013, 12:09:28 PM »

I took some emery cloth (could probably use steel wool too and cleaned up the parts I could reach on my latch.  The oil will work, but instead, I used silicon spray like an overhead door track is lubricated with.  I flooded the latch assembly good with it and cycled the latch open and shut several times and it helped a bunch.  If it starts getting sticky again, I just spray it down and cycle it and seems to keep it loosened up.  I didn't want to use oil because it attracks dirt/dust and other crud.  the spray silicon leaves a dry lub film behind and less crud tends to collect there around the latch. 
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