Primo Hinge and Handle Kit for Oval Large, Pre-2015 PGHLLG

How do I know if I need the pre-2015 Large kit rather than the post-2015 one?

It comes down to when the grill was made, so work from when it was sold. Bought new before 2015, this page is the right one. Bought later, you want the Post-2015 Oval Large hinge and handle kit. Nothing about a wrong-era kit can be made to fit, so it is worth pinning down the date rather than estimating it.

What parts come in the kit?

Three: the hinge, the bands that wrap the ceramic dome and base, and the handle. They are sold together because they work together, and on a grill old enough to need one of them, the other two are almost always the same age and the same distance into their working life.

The ceramic on my old Large is still perfect. Is a hinge kit worth it?

Usually yes. Ceramic is the expensive part and the part that lasts, while the hardware bolted around it takes the mechanical abuse. If the shell is sound and the grill still holds heat, renewing the hinge, bands and handle is a modest job that gets you back to a dome that opens easily and closes square.

Will this fit my Round or my Oval Junior?

No. It is cut for the Large shell. The Round has its own kit and the Junior has a single kit that covers both the pre-2015 and post-2015 grills, so go to the listing that names your model rather than assuming a nearby size will clamp up.

Do I need any special tools?

Ordinary hand tools are the usual answer, plus a second person. The important part is not the tooling but the sequence: cold grill, dome supported before the bands come loose, and everything left finger-tight until the dome is sitting square against the base. Tighten too early and you lock in a bad alignment.