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Summary: 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.
eHow Article: How to Fix a Jammed Garbage Disposal
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dparke said
on 3/8/2009 I have a garbage disposal that just hums. I read your section on this and I did all of the things suggested. The blades spin freely when I put my hand down there. There is absolutly nothing in the drain. I used baking soda and vinigar to clean it out, I used the hex tool, and it turns freely. I looked with a flash light. Any suggestions? It is only 2 1/2 years old.
lisab12565 said
on 2/1/2009 Wow!!! My garbage disposal hasn't worked for over 4 months, since my daughter cleaned out her fish tank in the sink and let some of the gravel go down the drain. There was a reset button, so, I pushed that and then used the allen wrench to spin the wheel around. And to think I was about try to take the whole thing apart!!! LOL!! Thanks so much for the informative video!!!!
dcdunham138 said
on 1/16/2009 Awesome! I thought fixing the disposal would take all afternoon. This took about five minutes. Thanks!
dfuttech said
on 12/14/2008 Thank you!!
bratford said
on 12/4/2008 Thanks. I knew you could stick an allen wrench up there but I always thought it was just wiggling the wrench. I never knew you actually could spin the wheel around until I was reading and saw it took a certain SIZE of allen wrench. That's when the light went on. I used to give those wrenches to new homeowners all the time when I built homes and thought to myself that you might as well use a screw driver or stick or something. I'm going to have to tell my dad. I'm sure he would have taken the whole machine apart. My wife is going to be so surprised when she comes home. I won't tell her a girl told me how :)