Our Sunseeker's Glass Stove Top EXPLODED!

[SunseekerFunseekers]

Thanks so much for your kind words.

[SunseekerFunseekers]

Gosh, so sorry to hear this (your glass top rattling); I really like ours & it doesn't rattle at all?!

[brucemc]

Our top has been fine in the 3 1/2 years we've owned our Sunseeker, though it always seemed to be in a bit of a bind. We had to push a bit aft on the top to get it to seat. It has small rubber pads in various locations, so there's never a metal-glass contact.

When I rebuilt the countertops last winter with Corian:





(More pics of our Sunseeker mods at https://pbase.com/brucemac/2015octsunseeker)

I found the installer hadn't squared it up during the install - they apparently tossed it in the hole & ran the 4 screws in to mount it. I re-aligned everything, and now the glass properly drops into the opening. It didn't rattle on my last monthly maintenance warmup run - if it did, there's plenty of other noises to mask it.

Our old Four Winds didn't have a stovetop cover - if you are concerned about yours breaking like the OP, it can be removed. Open the folding glass top, remove 2 screws on both sides of the upper frame. Gently lift the assembly out, then unbolt the hinges from the frame. Set the frame back in place and reinstall the screws.
We'll continue to run with ours installed.

[Blank]

The new style glass tops are vertical and much closer to the heat of the rear burners. I much prefer to older style which leaned all the way back onto the backsplash. I have never had one fail, but there is always the possibility.