RDE6550Y Whirlpool Range - Instructions

The bake element died after 20+ years. Turn off the power at the breaker panel. A Phillips head screw holds a plate over each side of the bake element. After unscrewing the plate, you will notice an electric lead attached to a female clip slips onto the end of each side of the element. BE CAREFUL not to lose the clip(s) in the insulation after taking off the male end of the old element! I used a clothes pin to keep the clip from slipping away. If the clip slips away you'll have to fish it out of the back of the oven and that means pulling the oven out of the wall. Sound like fun? I thought not. Take the opportunity to clean your oven also. That was the hardest part. Clip the end of the new element to each of the clips, right and left side, replace the plate and screw in the Phillips head screw. Turn back on the power in the breaker panel. Voila! Done!

Had to screw off old terminal block & screw on new one

I went to the source of power on the stove and noticed one of the terminals had come loose from the terminal block and had shorted out against the cover of the terminal junction. After prying the loose terminal off cover I ordered new terminal block and received it the 2nd day. I removed the old terminal block and replaced the part in about 10 minutes..Thank you Parts Select for your easy to find diagrams and quick delivery.

just as exactly as the video described. it was very ,very easy. i will for sure buy from parts direct again in the future and will recommend to my friends.

Replacement was simple. Old switch was easily removed. Once I swapped the wires from old to new we were in business. One thing I would do differently than the included directions called for. I wish I had waited until I had installed the new switch to set the shaft length. I snapped off one too many sections of the shaft after measuring the original shaft as recommended. If I had installed the replacement switch and then set the shaft length it would have been more accurate. Everything still works but one knob is now slightly lower than the other three.

I broke the correct post from the new cluster of post selections and stuck it on. I had the kit for a couple of weeks before I realized that this was not an electrical problem. It would have been good of you to send only the new plastic post. That kit was intimidating for a 73 year old woman who lives in the country and does most of her own plumbing and other household repairs. The repair took less that one minute.