Most likely you have a chunk of dish cloth or sponge lodged in the cutters. It could be stuck bearings, but doubtful. Feel down inside the disposal around the edge and see, no pun intended, if you can find something of the cloth or may be some plastic like off of some packaging . Feel real good it may be hard to find. As long as the switch is off this is safe. If it is the plug in style unplug also if that will make you feel safer. You likely will need some pliers to pull out what you can to free up the disposal. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Garbage disposal
Aloha all, I did get hold of a wrench to turn the disposal from the bottom and it does turn but it almost takes 3 men and a baby to move it. It didn't get any easier after turning it several times. RJ, where would I put the socket to turn it from the top? Betsy At 12:48 PM 3/22/2010, you wrote: > > >Get a socket wrench and turn it from the top. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 23:33 >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Garbage disposal > >There doesn't seem to be anything caught in >anything. The hatchet-head looking things turn >freely. I'll get a wrench tomorrow to see if I can turn it from the bottom. >Betsy >At 06:24 AM 3/21/2010, you wrote: > > > > > >Hi, > > > >Those blades are to turn without resistant. They > >direct the food into the cutters. I would bet > >you will have to loosen the material that is > >caught in the cutters. U can use a wrench that > >came with the unit or use a socket that fits the > >nut inside the unit. by placing it in the > >insides of the unit. I believe the nut should be turned clockwise. > >RJ > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]