This is a basket for your dishwasher. It sits in the lower dishrack and holds small utensils during a washing cycle. This basket has six smaller sections where you can separate your cutlery into speci...
I looked under and found that 2 brass nuts that secured the heater element through the base housing of the dishwasher has split down each side of the nut and no longer was tight enough to keep water from leaking around either end of the heater element. I powered down the dishwasher at the circuit breaker and then reached under the dishwasher and pulled away the 2 wires that were attached to each side of the heater element. I removed the two nuts and replaced them with the parts I ordered from partselect.com. I then put the appropriate wires back at the end of the heater element and ran the dishwasher to check for leaks. No leaks... it was fixed.
First I noticed that the old gasket had disintergrated along the bottom. Next I removed the the gasket being careful to observe how it was installed. There are these notched areas of the gasket that belong in the lower corners. I think the notches are designed to help hold the gasket in place and make the gasket bend around the corner. The gasket made closing the door very hard at first but after one wash cycle the fit became much more comfortable. The heat probably made the gasket more pliable. Problem solved.
Partselect.com was great to deal with, they emailed me information letting me know items were shipping with tracking numbers. ordered on wed. received on Sat! Springs were very easy, just put dishwasher on its side and hook to the holes in the botom of dishwasher! The door gasket just slid into the grooves that were around the door. Everything works great now! Partselect.com was great to deal with