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6ERF Whirlpool Refrigerator - Overview
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Drive Gear Kit
PartSelect #: PS398589
Manufacturer #: 882699
This is the drive gear kit for the ram that compacts the trash inside your compactor. If your compactor ram is getting stuck, there is excess noise during its cycle, or if your compactor does not stop...
$49.23
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Handle - Black
PartSelect #: PS11747567
Manufacturer #: WP9871267
Screws sold separately.
$196.42
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PEDESTL
PartSelect #: PS3500025
Manufacturer #: 9709606
This is an authentic OEM replacement part. This power screw kit is used in trash compactors. This power screw threads into the power nut. As it feeds through the power nut it drives the ram, which is ...
$152.39
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Common Symptoms of the 6ERF
[Viewing 5 of 5]Compactor ram gets stuck
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Noisy
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Doesn’t stop at end of compacting cycle
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Drawer is hard to open and or close
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Broken Gear
Trash compactor started making "bumping" sounds when the RAM went through a cycle and tried to come back up. Finally, one day heard a "pop" went the RAM traveled to the bottom. The gear broke in half. Purchased the gear parts "KIT" online and repair took 15 minutes. Easy to do. Unfortunately, this was not only problem. The "cause" of
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the gear breaking was the Momentary Start/Stop Switch was bad. It's failure led to the main switch not working. The unit could not tell when the RAM had reached the top of it's cycle. The other problem was that I didn't put trash in the compactor. Suggest HIGHLY to never operate the unit's RAM mechanism without the compactor being at least 1/2 full per the instruction manual. Running it empty can cause a major problem, such as the gear breaking/stripping.
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Matt from Houston, TX
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Difficulty Level:A Bit Difficult
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Total Repair Time:More than 2 hours
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Tools:Screw drivers, Socket set
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Large Drive Gear Failure (split in half)
Moved the compactor out from under cabinet, laid it on it's side, removed bottom casing (two nuts front, three back), remove compression pin from small drive gear shart, replace new small drive gear and install compression pin, loosen motor mounts to allow large gear replacement, remove circlip holding large drive gear to shaft, remove an
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d repace damaged gear, set gear clearance and tighten motor mounts, grease gears, replace bottom casing. .
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Mark from Littleton, CO
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Difficulty Level:Easy
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Total Repair Time:30 - 60 mins
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Tools:Nutdriver, Pliers, Socket set
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Drive Gear Broken
Replaced the gear and unit worked execpt the plunger hit the side of the garbage container. This appears the be the reason the gear broke in the first place. Defective assembly from the factory.
To correct I had to remove the newly installed gear system remove inside cardboard side cover, Remove the screws that hold the bea ... Read more ring for the lift screw so I could remove the chain. After removing the chain I could adjust the plunger to be level and not hit the side of the garbage container on its way down.
To correct I had to remove the newly installed gear system remove inside cardboard side cover, Remove the screws that hold the bea ... Read more ring for the lift screw so I could remove the chain. After removing the chain I could adjust the plunger to be level and not hit the side of the garbage container on its way down.
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clyde from Covington, GA
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Difficulty Level:Easy
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Total Repair Time:30 - 60 mins
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Tools:Nutdriver, Screw drivers
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