40185052010 Kenmore Microwave - Instructions

Other tools that are usefull long needle nose pliers, long thin blade screw driver and small magnetic flashlight. Place the microwave on a work bench and remove the case it cover 3 sides. Place the microwave on a chair so it can stand with the controls up. You are replacing the lower door microswitch. The switch is located behind the control panel in the lower part of the area. The switch is several inches inside this area and your hands will not fit. Take care when moving wires and a couple of sensors. Use the thin blade screwdriver to release a tab holding the switch in place. Do not break this tab. Take the needle nose pliers and remove the switch. Put the wires on the new switch, open the door a short distance so a door lever moves enough to put the microswitch back into the bracket.

Ordered (most difficult part of repair, because I wasn't sure the one I ordered would fit), opened box, removed padding, opened microwave oven door, lined up center indentations with center and my repair was complete. Placed a cup of lukewarm coffee on the tray, closed door and pushed auto 30 seconds. The cup went round and round on the plate that went round and round and then, the END chime sounded. Success! Lukewarm coffee has been transformed to HOT coffee on the newly installed cooking tray.

REPLACED DOOR SWITCH ASSEMLY

I unscrewed one screw and droped the glass light bulb cover, bent the light bulb up so it wouldn't break the glass again, removed the broken glass and installed new glass by bending the tabs over the glass to hold it in place and re-inserted the cover, then screwed the retaining screw back in. Done in 3 min.. PartsSelect.com seems to be one of the few online parts ordering place that has schematics and easy to navigate site. Perfecto!

I ordered a replacement piece. Fits perfectly and rotates as it should. It arrived earlier than planned.

Use knife to peel back molding around latch openings. Pull down on plastic latch part, pull out bottom and tilt up to remove broken part from spring. Tilt top of new part inward and connect tab to spring. Push in bottom of latch and snap. Replace the molding by pushing all around the door frame.

After removing the door from the OTR microwave, we slid out the old latch, slid in the new, & reattached the spring. Replaced the door & DONE.

Used a putty knife to take off the edging inside the door to have access to the latch. Put the new part in and attached the spring. Replaced the edging and job was complete.

Got part from you in one day - great- watched utube video on removing molding and reinstalling. Video was longer than time to fix all need to do was remove molding and install the door latch - it is made of plastic with a hook on which to attach spring. Hook breaks and therefore door does not close

Ordered part and screwed in. Part could not be found in hardware store even though it was just a long set of screws. Agent quickly identified part with model number of microwave and it was at my home the next morning for installation. Great service!

To replace the light bulb was fast and easy. All I had to do was unscrew one screw and place the bulb in! Quick and easy, and simple!

Replaced the bulb

My daughter was trying to run the microwave timer and ended up nuking the cooking tray, which shattered. First web place I found wanted 55$ for this tray and this site sold it for 19.99. It shipped super quickly. I am very pleased with this company!

Called Maytag regarding the latch. Was told I had to order an entire new door that would cost around $170 before shipping and handling. Went on partselect and foundt he part for $2.02. Big difference in price. Very easy to install. Hardest part was getting the spring back on. Would definitely recommend to friends.