Shakey leg syndrome

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[pbe gummi bear]

Duct tape? lol, you can try gently expanding the leg ends a bit so they fit better using a dowel or something. Some people have also used aluminum foil wrap around the legs to get them to jam up better.

[1buckie]

  All the ones I've ever run across that 'shake-a-leg'  are due to the sockets themselves beginning to come loose........it would be a rare event for the legs to actually be wobbling around in the sockets, as far as I've been able to tell........

I have had some legs that were loose enough to fall out when the kettle was moved or picked up & fixed that by setting a small strip of soft lead alongside the leg as it was being set back in.....aluminium foil would work also, if that's actually the problem, but if the whole kettle wobbles when gripped by the bowl handle & jiggled back & forth, I'm pretty sure it's the welds starting to loosen on the sockets......


If it's getting bad enough, either get out the drill bit, or talk to Duke about JB Weld......

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[1buckie]

Flare the legs with a smaller size broom handle, in that case, then foil, if that doesn'rt work......

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[G$]

I too would try expanding the existing tubes with a dowel.  Failing that, any thin shims help, for example, starter shims.

[glrasmussen]

I picked up a kettle that has shakey leg syndrome, the legs in the sockets are loose enough for the kettle to wobble. Sockets are good, tried a different set of legs, still shakey. Ay remedies for this ailment...that doesn't involve a drill bit?

Tell me it is not one of the four? Not the MT?

[pbe gummi bear]

Buy a performer?   

[glrasmussen]

Buy a performer?   

I think it is part of the up north buy he is doing for the camp owner. You know how wild renters get...

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[Hogsy]

I've had a few like that and I put a screw in through the back of the leg socket

[Jocool]

When I get a shaky, I squash the end of the leg down a little with a pair of vice grips or pliers. Just enough to make them out of round. That normally fixes it.

[Harbormaster]

Use a wood dowel or a wood broom stick to make the leg round again.

Cut 3 - 4" long pieces of 3/4" steel conduit. Insert the conduit inside the leg until flush.

Insert the legs into the grill as normal. This stiffens the legs and prevents them from ever coming loose. It also kind of prevents them from ever coming out!

Warning: This process is very difficult on older kettles! (mid 70s and earlier). Works well on newer kettles.

[bob hope]

Just a thought, I believe the legs get loose from cleaning your grates while they are on the grill.
If you take them off before you scrape the stuff off of them it will in the future help that problem from reoccurring.