Install brace panel and right end panel

Step 23

You will need: brace panel, right end panel,

1/4-20 x 1 1/2 inch bolt, 1/4-20 hex nut, 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolt, 1/4-20 wing nut, three nylon washers, gas line bracket and a 7/16 inch wrench.

Position the right end panel with the flange at the top facing away from the barbecue, and the bottom flange toward the barbecue.

Place a nylon washer on the 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolt. Insert the bolt through the top of the right end panel and the brace panel. Put on nylon washer, then wing nut and tighten. Figure 28.

Figure 28

Slide the side burner back. Insert the tabs of the brace panel into the slots in the frame brace. (Make sure that the side burner hose is to the front of the barbecue.)

Figure 29. Slide up until the notch in the bottom of the brace panel fits over the cross brace.

Slots in frame brace

Tabs on brace panel

Put a nylon washer on a 1/4-20 x 1 1/2 inch bolt, and insert through the brace and end panel assembly and the frame brace. Add the gas line bracket and hex nut. Tighten with the 7/16 inch wrench. Figure 30. The side burner hose should be at the top front of the right end panel.

Note - The bracket holds the barbecue gas supply line to the frame assembly.

Side burner hose

Figure 30

Step 24

Set notched accessory tray in place

Move the accessory tray to the right, in place between the frame connectors with the notched board toward the barbecue gas supply line. Figure 31.

Figure 29 Figure 31

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