Gabe Ferreira
Old house, older tools. Plaster, doors, paint and the occasional emergency.
Great find. Did not know this channel existed.
Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?
Small addition: wear eye protection for the part where you pry it. Learned that one the hard way.
Yep, same here. The second time is always faster.
Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?
Would this work on the older model? Mine is about ten years older than the one shown.
Great find. Did not know this channel existed.
Bookmarking. I have exactly this problem and was about to pay someone.
Great find. Did not know this channel existed.
The embedded video is clearer than the official service manual, which is a little embarrassing for the manufacturer.
I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.
Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.
Small addition: wear eye protection for the part where you pry it. Learned that one the hard way.
Can confirm, the cheap part is the one that fails. Replaced mine twice before reading this.
Should be the same procedure, the part moved slightly but the steps match.
Would this work on the older model? Mine is about ten years older than the one shown.
Glad it helped.
Great find. Did not know this channel existed.
Great find. Did not know this channel existed.
Upvoted for the safety notes alone.
Upvoted for the safety notes alone.
Can confirm, the cheap part is the one that fails. Replaced mine twice before reading this.
Unplug it. Always. Takes two seconds and the worst case otherwise is a trip to the ER.
Great find. Did not know this channel existed.
Should be the same procedure, the part moved slightly but the steps match.
Tried this over the weekend and it worked first time. Thanks for writing it up properly.
Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.
The embedded video is clearer than the official service manual, which is a little embarrassing for the manufacturer.
Should be the same procedure, the part moved slightly but the steps match.
Right around what the post says, give or take shipping.
I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.
Yep, same here. The second time is always faster.
Tried this over the weekend and it worked first time. Thanks for writing it up properly.
Small addition: wear eye protection for the part where you pry it. Learned that one the hard way.
Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?
Can confirm, the cheap part is the one that fails. Replaced mine twice before reading this.
Would this work on the older model? Mine is about ten years older than the one shown.
Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.
Upvoted for the safety notes alone.
This is the kind of post that makes this place worth it.