How to Remove the Ceramic Top From the Range and Change the Element

If have you Range user manual read it first.They will show parts arrangement of range in the manual. Identify where element is present. The process given here is generic. you need pay little more attention while remove it and remember how it was before removing better note it on paper.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• screw driver
• electrical tester

1. You need to really careful while removing and replacing it back.
   
   Note: If you don’t have habit how repairing your things. Please don’t this. Call some one for this job.
2. Unplug the range and pull it far enough away from the wall to remove the vent hose.
3. remove screws Remove the screws securing the rear access panel, leaving the top center screw for last. Set the panel aside.
4. Remove the two wires connected to the limit thermostat on the side of the chimney. You need to write down & remember that the wires go to the thermostat and the spade connectors on the ends of the wires will only fit the thermostat. Remove the two wires at the bottom of the chimney connected to the terminals mounted in ceramic insulators. These terminals are part of the heater element.
5. top of range Now go up to the top of the range and remove the two screws under the lint filter (pull the filter out first).
6. We need to open the top of the range now. Slide a putty knife in between the range top and the cabinet to release the clips holding the top down. Push in and pry up about 2.5" in from each corner (see the diagram below).
7. removing Grab a stub flat blade screwdriver or a short screwdriver (you aren't going to have much room), raise the top (use your head to prop it up) and remove the sheet metal screw securing the mounting strap on top of the heater chimney (it's way to the back and to your left). Before you remove the strap note how it is looped through the slot on top of the chimney.
8. Some newer elements are now 1/2 of the size of the older style versions.
9. element removing Go back to the rear of the machine and pull the top of the chimney back and out of the drum bulkhead. Note how the chimney sits on two mounting brackets for later reinstallation. Lift the chimney up and off of its mounting brackets.
10. just for info Lay the chimney down with the vent on the top facing you. Remove the sheet metal screw near the bottom. This releases the heater element. Slide the old element out. Confirm that it has failed by locating the break in the coil.
11. just for info Position the chimney above the mounting brackets and carefully lower it into the slots. Push the top of the chimney back into the hole in the drum bulkhead. If the chimney doesn't fit snugly into the hole, check the alignment of the slots at the base of the chimney with those in the mounting brackets.
12. just for info Raise the top again and replace the mounting strap and the screw at the top of the chimney. Lower the top and lock the clips by pushing the top down. Replace the two screws that were under the lint filter. Slide the lint filter back in.
13. Reconnect the two wires to the limit thermostat and the two wires to the heater element terminals. If the heater element terminals are different from those on the ends of the wires that you disconnected, use the connectors supplied with the new element and splice them onto your wires.
14. Replace the rear access panel and its mounting screws. Reconnect the range vent hose and plug in the power cord. Check for proper operation.

Tips & Warnings

• Check links for some more info
• http://www.ehow.com/how_112230_fix-electric-range.html
• http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-repair-an-oven3.htm
• Before doing any work on an electric range or oven, make sure it's unplugged, or turn off the power to the unit by removing one or more fuses or tripping one or more breakers at the main entrance panel or at a separate panel. If the range is fused at a separate panel, this panel may be located adjacent to the main panel or in a basement, crawl space, or other location. If there is a grounding wire to the range, disconnect it. Make sure the power to the unit is off.