![]() Take care when "removing" these clips as they bend easily and will need to be re-bent to properly clip back onto the water channel if damaged.ħ) A similar clip must be released at the top:Ĩ) With the water conduit released from the clips, the whole assembly must be rotated thirty degrees clockwise about the central pump outlet. It might be possible to take it apart, but the more direct approach is to release the back (here) clip, and the top clip. On the KUDP01, the rail clips can be removed by depressing the locking tab on the top of the clip with a small screwdriver, and rotating the clip inward until it pops out of the rail.ģ) Everything is cleared out of the way, ready to remove the lower spray arm.Ĥ) Remove the lower spray arm by un-screwing the center cap clockwise (yes this is the opposite of normal threading direction, the plug will go down and out the back of the spinner).ĥ) Both the fine filter (round 8") and the water conduit leading back and up to the top will need to be removed.Ħ) The water conduit has to be removed. In this case you can leave the top rack in place and carefully work around it to remove the upper spray arm water conduit. On some KitchenAid models it is difficult to remove/replace the slider rail clips as they do not have push-button release mechanisms. There does not seem to be an easy way to remove the door, which would make this job easier. This is needed to make room to work and to remove the upper water conduit. Torqx screwdriver with T-15 and T-20 bitsĪ video with slightly different instructions is available at Ģ) Remove clips in each of the top slider rails to allow removing the top basket. As noted below, the chopper can sometimes be repaired by melting the end of the plastic shaft and pressing with a flat piece of metal to expand the end sufficiently to keep the blade and other chopper parts locked to the shaft. ![]() This will shear off the stem of the shaft that drives the chopper blades. The chopper unit is easily destroyed by ingesting parts of a broken glass. Cleaning such debris from the chopper compartment will eliminate the noise. ![]() If hard items such as toothpicks or pistachio shells find their way into the chopper compartment, the dishwasher will make a loud grinding sound whenever the pump is running. You can put a glass right-side-up in the top shelf to see if there is water being supplied to the top washer/spinner. If the chopper does not function, the adjacent mesh filter will clog, there will be poor water flow through the dishwasher, and the items on the top shelf will not be washed. To be safe, remove power from the dishwasher before beginning this repair.Ĭlean and/or replace the chopper unit. ![]() If the door safety interlock fails, the dishwasher could return to an active mode where these blades spin and would injure you. ![]() This disassembly exposes you to the chopper blades in this dishwasher.
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