I replaced my BBQ grill grates and 3/4 of the burners and heat shields. These must be much older than I realized because there sure is a huge difference and the shields are rusted to hell. I'm quite happy that I went with the cheaper option that also provided some replacement burners and shields.
Stupid question, but what direction should these shields be facing? I assumed that more gap closer to the front made more sense than the other way around.
The one to the far right was the one with the most material left over that wasn't rusted away.
Also, is there a way to verify I installed the burners correctly or there are no leaks? I'm like 95% sure they are in correctly as it is essentially the same as before. The burners are essentially identical to the old ones, but there was a super slight difference of like 2-3mm in positioning on the square mounting piece which pushes against the inside of the box. I checked and the parts I received are the designated replacement part.
Worst case scenario, I can put the old burners back in and try to find someone to break the weld on the mounting square and shift it 2-3 mm to where the older burner had it. Everything works fine right now, I'm just wondering if there's any slow leak concerns since the valve thing goes in 1 cm now instead of the previous 1.25cm ish. You can kinda see in the pics the old burner still has about 1mm of gap vs the new ones are flexing against the box due to the slight difference of the position of the squares.
I ran the BBQ for like 10-15 minutes and stayed 40-50 feet away and it seems like everything is fine and I don't smell any gas. I am just hoping for some final peace of mind that there isn't some slow leak risk and wondering if there's some additional way to check that I haven't quite done yet (or if I should have the burners modified to match the old ones).
