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• Our grill element was drooping so badly we could hardly get the grill pan into it. I was just about to book a repair and then thought i may as well try bending it back into place. It's almost as good as new now, no repair man needed. Just make sure everything has cooled down. By Darren McCoy - Northern Ireland - 10 July 2019
• There is another reason for the element to bend down. Sometimes the metal linking strip, across the element, moves forward on the element. This means that the retaining lugs on either side no longer engage correctly with the sides of the grill, leaving the element with no support except at the back. So it sags down (sometimes quite a long way) at the front. You can try to slide the metal strip back along the element, but it's probably stuck. In that case, replace the element. By Bob - Herne Bay, Kent - 28 February 2014
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  Chris at eSpares says...

  Grille elements frequently work when the metal is glowing cherry red or red hot. At this temperature the metal is approaching its melting point and it is not unusual for an element to droop in this manner. If this distortion is significant then it will be necessary to replace the element.