At the floor of your electric oven is the bake element. This partially open-style element comes with push-on terminals. The bake element will likely provide most of the heat for baking. Therefore, if the oven is not heating properly, or if food is burnt on top and undercooked below, your bake element may be at fault. If you can see that t...Read morehe element has been separated or blistered, you should replace the part immediately. If there is no visible damage, turn the oven on and check to see if the element heats evenly. If the element is not heating evenly, or if it is not heating at all, use a multi-meter to test for electrical continuity to see if the element needs replacing.
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Bake element cracked on its own
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Timothy from Cordova, TN
Really Easy
15 - 30 mins
Nutdriver
Flipped the breaker. Removed shelf, Find the right size nut socket, unscrew the two screws, pull the element out a little bit, disconnect the wires (on pretty tight), pull out element, clean out any mess in the oven, compare element with new one to make sure its the same size and such, connect wires to new element, replace screws, fl
... Read moreip breaker back, turn on for a few minutes to make sure it works. Piece of cake.
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Oven took 30 minutes to get to 380 degrees-no hotter
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Sandra from Hayward, CA
Really Easy
Less than 15 mins
Screw drivers
First I searched this site and read about the repairs - which made me feel like my husband could do it with ease. Then he removed two screws inside the oven, removed the broken element (didn't know it was broken til removed) and replaced the new one - just like that! The real key was being able to read how it was for other people who ha
... Read mored already done it. That's the only reason I'm submitting my storey. Thanks
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Bake element burned out
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Laura from N. Little Rock, AR
Really Easy
Less than 15 mins
Screw drivers
I turned off the power to the oven at the breaker. Then I removed the two screws from the old element, pulled the old element out about 3 inches and disconnected the wires from the element and installed the new one.