Firelight handle stuck

[jbrown56]

J.P., I bought my stove new in Oct.. In Dec. the damper started to stick from 1/2 to closed. The dealer came out with a new lever and fixed the problem. It worked fine until mid Feb. and it was worse than before. At this point it became a fire hazard as the lever couldn't be moved without tapping with a hammer. The dealer was back a week ago and this is what they did when they came back. There was a slight downward bend in the lever and when tightened with the bolt under the ashlip, it caused down pressure in the damper plate. They did a slight 'custom" bend in the lever and it's been good for a week. I hope this is the last time I have to bother them. This is something I could've done myself, but I didn't want them to come back and say the warranty is void beacause I worked on it myself.

Jim

 

[stoveguy13]

The levers seem to be working inn most cases it is just a diffrent bend in the arm they are not 100% sure what causes it to do it so this seems to fix most i am unaware of any plate mods that have been done.

 

[quinn]

Are they also recommending replacing the slider?

 

[stoveguy13]

No but it cant hurt if you wanted to.

 

[kjklosek]

J.P., I bought my stove new in Oct.. In Dec. the damper started to stick from 1/2 to closed. The dealer came out with a new lever and fixed the problem. It worked fine until mid Feb. and it was worse than before. At this point it became a fire hazard as the lever couldn't be moved without tapping with a hammer. The dealer was back a week ago and this is what they did when they came back. There was a slight downward bend in the lever and when tightened with the bolt under the ashlip, it caused down pressure in the damper plate. They did a slight 'custom" bend in the lever and it's been good for a week. I hope this is the last time I have to bother them. This is something I could've done myself, but I didn't want them to come back and say the warranty is void beacause I worked on it myself.

Jim

I'll probably get to mine next week.

However I don't know haw many more days I will burn as I am pretty much out of wood for this year.

I plan on posting the process once I get it done if it can be of any help.

I guess I could try to bend one of the levers since I now have a spare, in case I broke it.

Thanks for the tip.

J.P.