Traeger Grills - Troubleshooting: How to Replace the Hot Rod

Follow our simple how to replace a Traeger hot rod tutorial for your Traeger wood pellet grill. Here’s how to install a Traeger hot rod: 0:20 Most important step 0:28 Locating important wires 0:38 Removing interior pieces 0:45 Removing screws 0:51 Removing the firepot 1:11 Tips to make it easier 1:38 The most important part of replacing your hotrod 1:54 Reassembling your firepot 1. Ensure your grill is unplugged and cool. 2. Beneath the hopper, disconnect the purple wires Molex connector to the purple wires. 3. Open the grill and remove the grate, drip tray, and heat baffle to reveal the firepot. 4. Remove the 4 screws holding the firepot in place with a ¼” wrench or nut driver. 5. Side the firepot a little to the right, then twist it a half-turn counterclockwise so the lip resembles a diamond or star. This will free the hot rod from beneath the auger tube. 6. Lift the firepot up and out and remove the setscrew holding the hot rod to the firepot with a Phillips screwdriver. 7. Pull the hot rod out of the firepot and set the firepot aside. 8. Loosely fold a 2” piece of duct tape over the old hot rod and the new hot rod’s Molex connector to easily guide the new hot rod through the grill and into place. 9. Grab the old hot rod’s purple wires from under the hopper pull to remove the old hot rod, the duct tape will help thread the new hot rod and wire into place. 10. Remove the duct tape and plug the new wires into the purple wire Molex connector. 11. Put the new hot rod’s...