Haha... I've been lurking. I didn't even realize that was actually my first post. I've been mostly absorbing info without enough know-how yet to offer much in return. Eventually you'll see tht change; I promise I'm good for more than stepping on things.
When I got my grit guards and tried to put them in my green buckets from Menard's, I found that they were sitting maybe 4" too high. It sounds like this was the same size bucket as several others in this thread have found.
My solution: Stick your foot in there and step on that sucker until it...