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Posted by AZ Nomad on March 31, 2007, 1:46 am
>>I hope I didn't totally blow up my garbage disposal.
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>>I was washing dishes and turned on the disposal. I heard that aweful
>>grind which we all know as something in there that doesn't belong. I
>>immediately turned it off. It wouldn't turn on again.
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>>After waiting and finding the red switch, I turned it on again. A low
>>quite humming sound- not the normal sound. Does it sound like I blew
>>up the motor?
>Probably not. It's supposed to stop running before that happens, and
>the red button is supposed to come out, as it did. The fact that,
>after you push the red button, it still hums mean the motor is doing
>something, it's trying, but it's not turning.
>Once the red thing trips again, it's as if the power switch is off,
>but don't rely on that, and turn the switch off.
>Is there a hex-shaped hole in the center bottom. Do you have a hex
>wrench that fits it, especiallly the one that came with the disposal
>and is bigger than most and has two identical ends with obtuse angles
>instead of right angles like most allen wrenches? Use that to try
>to turn the hex shaped hole, back and forth until it frees up.
>Once it frees up, do you hear anything rattling around in there?
>Did you let something drop into the disposal, or do you think
>something came from the dishwasher?
>If the screen in the bottom of dishwasher is in one piece, and/or if
>you have an anti-siphon thing on top of your sink, it's less likely
>something from the dishwahser made it to the disposal, but who knows.
>If you are sure there is no hex shaped hole, then a broom handle from
>the top is what a lot of people use to try to free up the mechanism.
Another way is to put a socket on a 9-12" extension and ratchet or breaker
bar and turn the nut holding the blade assembly to the motor shaft.
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