Let's assemble a Weber grill.

[Jaydoc1]

So my father-in-law stopped by a few months ago and decided to turn my natural gas grill into a smoker. It absolutely destroyed the grill. So I finally replaced it with a Weber Genesis S310 3-burner natural gas grill.

This is NOT a "some assembly required" grill. It requires TOTAL assembly. The few things that did arrive assembled actually have to be unassembled before actual assembly starts.

So I thought, based on my past history with assembling things like this grill, and with a little tongue in cheek wink and a nod to Eddie's unbelievably good write-ups, that I'd document it. Well turns out that Weber has one of the best set of assembly instructions and hardware that I've ever found in a kit of this sort. The diagrams are spot-on and the hardware is all color-coded so it is nearly impossible to screw up. I did manage to take one wrong turn which I'll point out shortly.

Here we go.

First, everything comes packed in one giant box that some engineer from MIT must have organized. There wasn't one bit of wasted space in there.



Everything is nicely separated into boxes and bags.













If you decide to put one together, immediately throw this included wrench away...




And instead break out a 11mm socket and a 5/16 socket.




Start off by attaching the two sides together using the rear frame support.




Pop the four wheels into their respective sockets making sure to have the two locking ones in front (I reversed them and had to pry them out to attach in the right spots).








Set the frame up and attach the front frame support.








Attach 6 J-clips to the bottom panel.












Attach the bottom panel to the frame using four silver hex bolts and four black plastic washers.








Attach the catch pan holder using three silver screws and two plastic plugs (one plug is pre-attached).

 

[MTG]

LOL! I have the same grill. It's worth it. :yup: :thumb:

Edit: My locking wheels are on the same side.

 

[RockyJk]

Sweet write up! Lol


Random question the pink mustang in the background has a cb antenna on it??

 

[Jaydoc1]

Next remove the Lid Assembly from the Cookbox Assembly by removing the two clevis pins.





















Carefully place the Cookbox Assembly onto the frame making sure to drape the gas line inside the frame.















Attach the Cookbox Assembly to the frame using two long silver hex bolts, two silver washers, and two silver nuts. The nuts are placed inside preformed recesses in the Cookbox.
















Now attach the gas line bracket to the inside of the right frame panel using two small silver hex bolts and two small black washers.
















Attach the back panel using four silver hex bolts and four black washers.








Make sure your helper hasn't gotten lost.




Run the natural gas line out the opening in the back panel. The gas line comes with a quick connect fitting attached with an accompanying female end in case your natural gas line doesn't already have one.




















Attach the front panel using two silver screws.

 

[Jaydoc1]

Sweet write up! Lol

Random question the pink mustang in the background has a cb antenna on it??

No, LOL. That's actually a broom leaning against it. I guess I should have moved my other daughter's pink Jeep into the photos instead of the Mustang!

 

[Jaydoc1]

Choose an acceptable refreshment.




I had to stay focused.






Attach the electronic ignitor to the control panel.

























Install the wind deflector using two hex head screws.












Slide the Slide Out Grease Tray into the rails.












Attach the two door handles using four door handle inserts and door handle screws.















Attach the doors to their respective sides.
















If you were going to attach the side tables to the grill, now would be the time. Unfortunately the person who built my home didn't make the area for the grill wide enough to use side tables/burners and he made the area too small to put in an actual built-in grill. So my grills are always sans side tables.

So at this point the heat diffusers and grates are placed inside the grill, the top is reattached using the previously removed clevis pins with cotter pins now inserted and, voila:




So, as most Jeep people are also grill people, I hope you will take away from this how-to/DIY what I intended, namely, it's worth the $30 Home Depot charges to put the thing together and save yourself two hours of assembly time! LOL

 

[fmdualexhaust]

Nice write-up. Do you know the largest size wheels you can run without any rubbing?

 

[MTG]

So, as most Jeep people are also grill people, I hope you will take away from this how-to/DIY what I intended, namely, it's worth the $30 Home Depot charges to put the thing together and save yourself two hours of assembly time! LOL

Hey! Grills are built not bought!!! :cheesy:

 

[gouacats]

Nice! My Weber is probably 11 or 12 years old and still grilling great! It's probably ready for a frame off restoration, because I haven't washed and waxed it enough over the years, but it's too hot in southern AZ for that now. It'll have to wait till fall. I'll have to do a write-up when I get around to it.