Thread Number: 17588
Kenmore 18" Dishwasher - Potential Problem |
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Post# 287784   6/29/2008 at 08:24 (5,751 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Went to unload the dishwasher and after opening the door, slid out the lower rack onto the door as per usual, after a few moments heard a rather loud sound, sort of like a spring becoming unspring. Went about unloading the dishwasher as couldn't see anything broken, however now notice the door feels rather "heavy" when going down past a certian point. Have never bothered to look how low it is supposed to go, so cannot tell if it comes to rest lower now than before. Both hinges are fine, and cannot see anything amiss, is there some sort of spring or such inside the door? Thing closes fine, and far as one can tell the unit is undamaged. TIA L. |
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Post# 287785 , Reply# 1   6/29/2008 at 08:29 (5,751 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 287788 , Reply# 2   6/29/2008 at 08:34 (5,751 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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Post# 287802 , Reply# 4   6/29/2008 at 09:27 (5,751 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Took out the owner's manual parts booklet (thank you Kenmore), and the spring is located behind the kick plate. Accessing it however means taking off the door in order to get the kick panel off as well. Not something one wishes to start today, so will just have to use the door gently until such time either get up the nerve to tackle the repair on my own, or call the man for repair. Will contact Sears Parts and see if they will tell how to do the repair, or just sell the part only. L. |
Post# 287810 , Reply# 5   6/29/2008 at 10:08 (5,751 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 287816 , Reply# 6   6/29/2008 at 11:03 (5,751 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Found out how to remove the kick panel without removing the door, then the machine threw a curve ball, the guides that hold the panels block removal of the kick plate. Couldn't figure out how to get the darn things unscrewed, and after one half hour lost interest. Frigilux: You can play devil over my shoulder anytime you wish, but buying a new dishwasher is O-W-U-T, out. *LOL* My machine works fine aside from the door issue, and haven't heard that many great things about newer models of 18" portable/convertable dishwashers. Least my unit uses lots of water during cycles, well more than the wet-wipe variety sold today. Besides the cost of a new unit prolly would equal the repair cost of this unit. If one finds out how to get that darn kick plate off, from what one has Googled, readjusting and or replacing the springs shouldn't be that big of a deal. Have seen a few good Miele slim dishwashers on CL and eBay, but alas no room for yet another 220v saga. |
Post# 287821 , Reply# 7   6/29/2008 at 11:38 (5,751 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 293263 , Reply# 9   7/29/2008 at 06:29 (5,721 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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Laundress, what next? Your loyal audience wants to know! Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 293273 , Reply# 10   7/29/2008 at 07:23 (5,721 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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To be fooling around with that dishwasher for now! *LOL* Seriously folks, see where I went wrong, the link above shows the built in 18" unit, ours is a portable. Portable models have a black grill like thing below the bottom plate and over the front wheels. Methinks that grille must come off before one can get to the screws at the bottom of the lower plate. This probably means titling the unit up or putting it on it's back/side, neither of which am in the mood to do at the moment, not to mention dealing with any water still in sump or hoses that will leak out. Will probably order the door springs from Sears as the on/off switch just went on my Kenmore vacuum cleaner, so there is that to order as well. Once things calm down and a nice cool day arrives in the fall, will do the repair job (replace springs). But thank you for asking! L. |
Post# 293546 , Reply# 11   7/30/2008 at 11:21 (5,720 days old) by funguy10 ()   |   | |
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Our Tappan dishwasher has that same door spring problem. The door feels real heavy when you try to open it and it comes to rest lower then normal. It is so bad it interferes with pulling out the bottom rack. |