
Garbage disposals are simple machines--basically a motor and a flywheel with impeller arms that spin and shred whatever they touch. Sometimes, though, the machine can jam on a bottle top or other debris, or trip a circuit breaker when it's overloaded. If that happens, you just need to take a quick step or two to repair it.
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fyrefighter451 said
on 11/5/2008 Hi, thank you for the suggestions, worked like a charm, it was glass in there. But now, when I plug it back in...it will turn on...whether the wall switch is on or off. It can only be controlled by the plug-in now. What's happening? Has to be electrical right? thanks again!
terrilynn70461 said
on 10/27/2008 OMG! thanks so much for this. it was a tremendous help! so easy! i had the jam-breaker, but i didn't know what the heck it was for. i was poking around from the top. i watched this video, went to work, and not 5 minutes later we were back in business! i feel so empowered!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!
evansnf said
on 9/29/2008 Only after watching this video did I realize that I had the tools I needed at home itself. A few seconds later, everything went back to my normal routine. I can't thank you enuff! :)
Bonk said
on 9/28/2008 This was great. I've been to a couple other websites that mentioned the manual turning of motor shaft, but all of them referred to a "special wrench" except your instructions. Your referral to the common Allen wrench saved me a trip to home depot to ask a stupid question. Thanks!!!
Skout said
on 9/27/2008 I didn't know about the allen wrench adjustment underneath, and that was exactly what was needed! Thanks Ehow!