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Kitchen Aid Dishwasher Spring Cable (Rope)
A while ago our dishwasher door quit going down smoothly when the spring on the right seemed to have broken. Then it got worse last week when the left spring seemed to have gone.
I backed out four screws and was able to slide / roll (back wheels) the dishwasher out half way. The electric cable prevented it from coming out any further, but that gave me enough access to see and get to the door springs.
The heavy-duty metal springs were fine. Instead, the “hinge cable” broke on the right and the “tension wheel” slipped on the left. The cable is no cable at all. It’s a small, thin braided rope clamped with plastic hook/loop things on the ends. I can’t believe they even last 10 pulls under tension.
In the attached photo, the rope slipped out of the hinge hook on the right. The tension wheel has a plastic peg (on back in this photo) that sits in a hole in the frame. The peg bent under pressure and will not stay in place.
I feel ridiculous ordering the replacement parts because they seem so poorly engineered. If I was a *real* engineer, I’d rebuild using galvanized cables and pulleys. But I’m not. $25.71 with shipping from RepairClinic.com.
Helpful video by Steve at PartSelect.
Our model is KitchenAid KUDL02FRSS0. Whirpool has the same model number.
Going Google
Bob writes on his blog about how much he uses Google’s various services. I read through his list and commented that he left off another three I know he uses. I use so many Google account based services that I have a bookmark folder titled “G” that holds them all. I recently changed my bookmark “Picassa” to “Photo” because that’s how I think of it… where I put my Google photos.
Google Pays (#3)
Google check arrived. Third time I’ve reached $100 with Google Ads. I used Claire’s iPod Touch to photograph and deposit the check into our USAA account, so that is different. I had a problem getting the USAA App to work. Kept getting a message it couldn’t read the amount. So I covered up the asterisks before the number with a little piece of paper (see photo) and that worked. I’ve had problems with those asterisks before when doing a scan deposit.
June 2004: Started ads
Sep 2006: First check $100.05
Feb 2009: Second check $106.54
May 2011: Third check $100.83
7 Years. $307. Woo hoo!
I Beat Sarah Palin
With my cross country trip last week. She’s just getting started.
Atlanta
Minneapolis, MN
Des Moines, IA
Atlanta
Birmingham, AL
Atlanta
Seattle, WA
Spokane, WA
Portland, OR
Salem, OR
Portland, OR
Nashville, TN
Atlanta
Greg Evolves
I just got an email from Greg with the ominous subject:
“It’s happening.”
And then inside the email he said, “I just walked into Lily’s room and saw this.”
After having four boys, Greg’s fifth was a girl. And after the original post almost seven years ago, Greg is evolving as a father! Little girls will do that for you.
Yahoo Notepad to Google Docs to iPod Touch
Following Ted’s lead (although after the price went from 99 cents to $3.99) I purchased the NoteMaster app for my iPod Touch. Most of my quick notes are stored under a Google Doc folder (label) called “notepad” where they were created when I converted my Yahoo Notepad to Google Docs.
169 “notepad” documents are now on my iPod Touch in what was a much quicker and smoother process than the Yahoo Notepad to Google Doc steps.
I was even surprised to see a thumbnail of a Golden Retriever in one of my notes, which I had pasted in as a reminder about an image-based security step in one of my accounts.
Only one note did not transfer down, the one containing all of my VW Passat specs. It is a relatively small amount of simple text, so I’m not sure why it didn’t make it down.
Thanks for the research and review Ted!