Whirlpool dishwasher door wont open
goodolpete
I've got a 6 year old MFI integrated kitchen
with a Whirlpool dishwasher that has a
door attached to the drop down front.
The door slides up and down the front
as you open and close the dishwasher.
For some time the door has occaisionally
stuck half way down, which I got over by
lifting the front back up and moving the
door.
Last night I tried to open the dishwasher
and it would not open. I've tried jiggling the
door, and lowering the adjustable legs
at the bottom, but it's attached
somewhere else and wont move.
Can someone suggest how I can open
the door please?
Thanks,
Pete
R
"goodolpete" <sirami...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Complain to MFI.............
Oh...
As you were ...
John
"R" <no_...@nowhere.tv> wrote in message
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The clue and the opportunity to fix it was:
For some time the door has occaisionally
stuck half way down, which I got over by
lifting the front back up and moving the
door.
Perhaps a spray of a silicone lube would have fixed it - I guess that now
something has broken.
Andrew Gabriel
Very common fault with Whirlpools (and IKEA rebadged ones)
is the door brake breaks. These are plastic pulleys which
a steel band runs over as you open and close the door. The
pulleys are fixed and don't go round, and that generates
the friction for the door mechanism. The plastic breaks,
and that can leave the steel band jamming in the frame,
jamming the door.
If the steel band snaps completely, the effect of the door
counterweight spring is lost, and the braking is lost, and
when you open it one day, it comes crashing down on your
shins with its full weight (you don't realise how heavy it
is whilst the counterweight spring is working).
Yours sounds more like the fault is with the added door
front, but I mention the inherent weakness in case it's
that.
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Andrew Gabriel
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