The top of the spring then hooks on the little lip attached to the side of the dishwasher about 2/3 up the side. Don’t try and take the tension cord off (or put it on) when the door is closed. Just open the door and make it easy on yourself. It jams against a screw and is too hard to force off. Attach the new tension cable while the door is in the down position.ĭon’t try to take the broken tension cord off when the door is in the closed position. The tension cord attaches to the hinge at the bottom of the door and then connects to the bottom of the spring. Keep in mind that if only one of them broke, the other one is probably not far behind, so you might as well replace them both, especially since the parts are so cheap.
Use the replacement dishwasher hinge spring and hinge cable tension cord (you can also get these parts from Sears PartsDirect ) to replace your broken ones. You can also see the spring that fell down on the left side of the picture (a bit out of focus). You will likely see the broken rope and you may see the spring as well, however mine had fallen down in between the dishwasher and the sides of the cabinet (here’s a helpful little toolįor getting your spring out if you can’t grab it).
Once you have the dishwasher pulled out from the cabinet, look on the sides. This will reveal the legs, which are plastic and can be screwed to raise or lower then front of the dishwasher. To check that, unscrew the splash panel from the bottom of the dishwasher – that’s the piece of metal that is at the bottom, right by the floor. You also may run into some trouble if the “legs” of the dishwasher are catching on any flooring material. If you seem to have excessive resistance, make sure the mounting brackets aren’t catching on anything. Do this slowly using the door at first to gently pull it forward. Once you’ve unmounted the dishwasher, you’ll need to slide it out from the cabinet. If it’s side mounted, you’ll need a thin flathead screwdriver to pry the plastic covers off from the inside sides of the dishwasher tub (there’s one on each side) and then use a Phillips head screwdriver to remove the screws. If it’s a countertop mount, you’ll need to sit on the floor so you can look at the underside of the cabinet and unscrew the mounting screws. Your dishwasher, if it’s screwed into the cabinet, it’s either screwed to the countertop through 2 metal brackets or through the sides of the dishwasher into the cabinet. In addition to showing you some pictures, I have some tips on the repair. Once you un-mount the dishwasher from the cabinet, you slide it out about 8 inches or so to do the repair. In my case the string broke – on both sides of the door – and with no resistance, the door just flops open. The LG LDF6920ST door uses a spring connected to a thin rope to provide resistance to the door. Oh yea, and also going on line and ordering the part. The hardest part of the whole process is unscrewing your dishwasher from the cabinet, and in my case it wasn’t even screwed in. The good news is this is another really easy repair. I guess it somehow triggers my fight or flight reflex and when it comes to repairs, my first response is flight (along with, “I wonder how much this is gonna cost me?!”), but once the adrenaline works its way out of my system, then the fight starts working on me… c’mon, how hard can it be? I’m sure there’s some kind of hinge or something…įor me, the initial shock of something large and expensive not working gets me all frustrated. It was a good thing it happened on a weekend, because after the initial frustration and annoyance and my declaring to everyone in the family that I was sure I couldn’t fix it this time, my curiosity started getting the better of me. This time, I figured I’d just call a service technician since I just didn’t want to fool with it and I had a lot of other things that were stressing me out. And besides, when it works it does a pretty good job. Obviously something else is broken! But it’s my only dishwasher and the prospect of buying a new appliance just doesn’t get me very excited.
After I fixed the leak in my other post, the door started falling down without any resistance. I’m beginning to think my LG LDF6920ST dishwasher is a lemon.
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