Service and Disassembly Procedures

!WARNING

To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect electrical power source to unit and discharge capacitor through a 10,000 ohm resistor before attempting to service, unless test procedures require power to be connected. Ensure all ground wires are connected before certifying unit as repaired and/or operational.

Drain Pump

The Drain Pump will drain water from the Dishwasher in various cycles. If a failure is suspected, the entire Pump Assembly needs to be replaced.

Removal

1.Disconnect power to the machine.

2.Remove Support and Toe Panel. (See paragraph Front Support and Toe Panel removal).

3.Disconnect lead wire from Pump Assembly.

4.Disconnect drain hose from Pump Assembly.

5.Remove Torx™ screw through bushing in Pump Mounting Plate.

6.Rotate Pump Assembly to unlock from Tub.

3.Remove Wash Manifold

4.Loosen Wash Arm Hub and Pivot.

5.Remove Spray Arm.

6.Remove 3 Torx™ screws securing Filter Guard.

7.Entire Wash Motor Assembly can be lifted from Tub for further disassembly.

8.Remove and replace Pump Gasket if necessary.

9.Disconnect wiring harness from Wash Motor Assembly.

10.Remove 6 Torx™ screws securing Discharge Housing.

11.Remove Torx™ screw securing Wash Impeller . See bottom side of motor for access hole to lock motor rotation while removing Torx™ screw. Insert screw driver tip into access hole while removing screw.

Wash Motor Assembly

The Wash Motor Assembly is designed to provide recirculating, filter, wash and particle chopping functions for the dishwasher cycles.

Removal

1. Disconnect power to the machine.

12.Lift off Filter/Flowplate Assembly to access Chopper Plate.

13.Remove 3 Torx™ screws to remove Chopper Plate.

14. Lift off Chopper

2. Remove racks.

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