KUDS01FLSS3 KitchenAid Dishwasher - Instructions

Pulled dishwasher out from cabinets. Replaced string and gears for door latch.

I followed the instructions from the partselect video and replaced the damaged door balance part. I ended up having to adjust the plastic wheel piece because the new strings were shorter than the original but luckily there was another screw hole to accommodate the shorter strings. I did replace both sides. Overall, this was a very easy repair thanks to partselect and now my door works great. I will definitely be using this site in the future!

The part isn't the same as the old one, but you could see how it worked easy enough. Problem was, once I got the part, it didn't screw on like the old one, it clipped to the rack. Nice! ...except that it's designed for the narrow spacing on the rack, but, if I used the narrow spacing on the rack that held the clip well, then it wasn't in the right location to hold the spray arm to the water hose. The solution has to be attended to frequently, to remount it, but that's not a big deal (until it breaks), but the remount is necessary because you have to span a broader distance than it's designed to, by about a quarter inch. It works, but it doesn't. Just because the unit's pretty old, but it still works GREAT!

Unplug machine,open door,take out 6 screws at inside top of door. Pull outside top of door out and down. Pop off plastic cover at marked arrow points. Pop off out old thermal fuse , pull both black wires from thermal fuse,and cut wire off at 1inch behind connectors, strip both wires 1/4 inch back, insert in new connector and tighten with screwdriver . Doesn't matter which wire goes in which connector. Snap thermal fuse back in place with deflector in place. Wire tie wires together with supplied cable ties. Replace plastic cover, snap in place,push everything up into door, and replace the six screws. Close door, plug in, and start it.

after trying several parts and two weeks without dishwasher, I tried messing with strikeplate. Nothing. Then a friend visiting said it looked bent. So I ordered from PartsDirect. Came quick, quick replacement and Wahla! Fixed appliance! YEAH!

PS. Loved the quick delivery. Amazing!!!!

Swapped the new basket for the old one. I ordered the part on Friday afternoon and it was delivered the next day.

The video did help with disassembly. But my dishwasher has the insulated door. So splitting the door was a bit of a challenge. I found both halves are glued. The inner door has the least glue about 2 inches wide by most of its length. I took wooden wedges on one side to open it to be able to see in and work. I separated the insulation with a flexible putty knife from inner door. Then repeated the process on the other side. I removed the doors halves once separated and the dispenser. I installed the new dispenser and plugged the unit in without outer door installed. Ran a rinse cycle to check for leaks. With none found unplugged and reassembled the door. Without any damage to the dishwasher stainless steel, plugged the unit back in and it is back in service. Be patient with the process.

Remove outer door (lower half) to expose dispenser, remove electrical connector and remove 6 small hex head screws from dispenser and remove dispenser. Replace dispenser, install 6 screws and install electrical plug and install outer door. Hard part was holding outer door in place while installing first couple of screws, a piece of masking tape helps here.

Disconnect power (circuit breaker) open dishwasher door, remove 3 trox (star) drive screws on each side of door( do not remove the 2 top screws on each side) close door and pull out at the top than up at the bottom to remove front panel. NOTE, If you have a super quiet washer you have to pull out on the panel quite hard because the foam insulation is glued in and has to be broken loose. Unplug the 2 wires connected to the dispenser , remove the 6 trox screws holding the dispenser in , remove dispenser making sure to clean where the gasket goes before installing new dispenser. You may want to check to see if a wire fell off your dispenser before you order a new one. THAT'S what mine did and PARTS SELECT took the part back, NO PROBLEM.

Unplug diswasher from under sink. Open door and remove most screws to separate inner and outer door section. I left the two lower in place and loose to allow door section separation. Circuit board and smaller board with micro switches snaps into place inside touch panel. Unsnap, removed old panel, insert new and snap circuit boards back into place. Be careful with ribbon harness. Replace all door screws with torx driver and plug in dishwasher. Real easy process. Good luck!

Disconnected the water and drain lines, pulled the washer out of the cabinet cavity. At that point, the work area was fully exposed. Then just a matter of removing the old assembly and replacing with the new. Stretching the spring so the other end of the cable could be attached to the door was the only part of the project that took a little bit of effort. It took more time to disconnect the water lines and pull out the washer than replacing the broken parts on each side of the door.

Pulled dishwasher out went down looked at problems ,saw both springs out of place and disconnected from door. Rewatched your video . Went to work one problem I did not realize the door had to be down to hook cable plastic attachment to door . Looked at video again saw door had to be down hooked up done !

Easy to replace this drain hose, but being the section that attaches to the pump, the dishwasher had to be removed from under the counter. Most of the time spent was disconnecting the supply, drain and electric then removing the dishwasher. Once out, the drain hose replacement should take 5 minutes or less. Very straightforward. Please remember to shut off electricity and water supply to the dishwasher before starting this project!

I followed another customer's advice and covered the interior of the dishwasher with a towel--and a good thing, because I did drop one of the small parts! I seated a flashlight in the upper rack, unclipped the top of the wash tower, placed the larger of the two connector parts through the bottom of the wash arm (openings facing down) and into the tower, then snapped the smaller connector part on. Clipped the tower arm back up and was done in less than 2 minutes. FYI--I couldn't figure out how to remove the upper rack (there's no instructions in the user manual) but really didn't need to after all and it was helpful for holding the flashlight.