garbage disposal problem

[AllEmailDeletedImmediately]

when i used it this morning, it stopped spinning, but still hums. i can
find nothing in it that's causing it. i pushed the button on the bottom
and used the allen wrench on the bottome to turn it, but it just hums and
won't turn.

anyone know what the problem might be?

[Al Bundy]

If it won't turn, especially if you can't turn it with the wrench
either, the motor must be locked up. Of course, you look down the
drain and try to move the mechanism in both directions in case
something is jambed. Over a period of time, water get into the
bearings and they rust up. Beyond what you are doing, and perhaps more
aggressively in both directions, it sounds like time to go shopping.
They are not very expensive or difficult to install. If you do
purchase a new one, finding one exactly the same as you have makes
changing it easier.

[hchi...@hotmail.com]

If it was loose with the allen wrench, then my vote would be (an
unlikely) separation of the grinding shaft from the motor, or a motor
gone bad. In either case, I'd just replace the whole thing or
eliminate it entirely and start a compost bucket. We do just fine
without one, and I'll bet it contributed to our high water usage. :-)
Yeah, that's it.

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<hchi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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vegetable peel slushies for the whole town? :) so even though it hums, the
motor could be bad?

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"Al Bundy" <MSfo...@mcpmail.com> wrote in message
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it was here when we bought the place 7 yrs ago. it will turn w/the wrench.
tried the ole push it around with a stick inside, but couldn't get it to
budge. that's usually not a good sign.
>

[Stormin Mormon]

Hums cause it doesn't know the words.

Might be a bad start capacitor. Best to replace the unit. Bad environment,
wet all the time. Being fed garbage all day. Who'd want to work like that?

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[Stormin Mormon]

Too much internal friction. Beyond repair, I'd say.

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[Jeff]

Stormin Mormon wrote:
> Hums cause it doesn't know the words.
>
> Might be a bad start capacitor. Best to replace the unit. Bad environment,
> wet all the time. Being fed garbage all day. Who'd want to work like that?

That's roughly my guess. Every motor needs a little help to get
started and yours would appear to have lost that. If you took an old
wooden spoon and gave it a push in the right direction it would probably
run, but who wants to do that every time.

I don't know what kind of motor that is but some of them have a
centrifical switch to kick out the starting winding and that could also
have gotten bad.

I've never heard of anyone fixing a garbage disposal, it is doable,
but the since they are so cheap, even I would opt for a new.

Jeff
>

[Jeff]

Oh, You probably have more crap stuck in the works.

Clean it out as best as you can and work it back and forth until it
will start. Perhaps with a push from a wooden spoon. They need to be
able to spin freely before they will start.

If you've ever loosened up a rusted bolt you'll know how to do this.
Forward and back repeatedly until one spot loosens and then move on
until it's loose all the way around.

You can always look in the disposal and clean around the edges, with it
unplugged of course.

Jeff
>
>

[clams_casino]

AllEmailDeletedImmediately wrote:

That happened to us about a month ago. Pieces of a collar are rusting
& breaking off, jamming the unit.

I was able to work the unit manually with the wrench that came with the
unit & the small piece of rusted metal caught on the edge of the blades
finally broke loose & evidently ground up when I started the unit since
it was no longer present.

Best guess is something is jamming the unit.

[Dennis]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 11:11:25 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hums cause it doesn't know the words.
>
>Might be a bad start capacitor. Best to replace the unit. Bad environment,
>wet all the time. Being fed garbage all day. Who'd want to work like that?

Carp.

Dennis (evil)
--
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[The Real Bev]

Dennis wrote:

> <cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hums cause it doesn't know the words.
>>
>>Might be a bad start capacitor. Best to replace the unit. Bad environment,
>>wet all the time. Being fed garbage all day. Who'd want to work like that?
>
> Carp.

That's only because they don't know about Final Placement.

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