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| Posted: Thu Sep 15th, 2005 02:14 am |
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mountaineerintx Grasshopper
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Anyone ever had to replace the handle on a Maytag MDBTT79AWW diswasher? It seems impossible to insert the tabs on the handle into the door latch assembly. I've read that these handles break frequently (who would use plastic tabs to hold the most utilized part on the machine?) so hopefully someone out there has the trick. Thanks.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15th, 2005 02:36 am |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology 
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there is a trick, will have to find it for you......
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15th, 2005 02:59 am |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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With the old handle off, put the latch assy against the actuator and press it on. This will simulate a closed door. Then take chanel locks and squeeze from sides and press new handle in ,large tabs first then lift up to snap small tabs in.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 25th, 2005 10:04 pm |
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mountaineerintx Grasshopper
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Sorry to be so thick but I am not sure what you mean by the "acutator." I have the old handle off and it is easy to get the large tabs into place but the smaller tabs don't want to go into place. The handle is so flimsy that I am afraid to apply much force as I as sure the smaller tabs will break. I sure hope Whirlpool improves Maytag products as they have dramatically slipped in quality over the past few years and this handle assembly is a great example of that fact. Thanks for your help. I may just need to shell the $100 bucks and call the repair guy.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26th, 2005 01:15 am |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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The thing that pushes in on the door swtich....
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29th, 2005 08:10 am |
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tmcleod Grasshopper
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Dear Pegi, You seem to be wise in the ways of the Maytag. I have a similar model (MDB7600AWS) and similar problem (cruddy handle latch assembly) and have the part (99002577) yet cannot... you know, make it work! The small tabs go in easily enough, but I cannot manage the large tabs into the round holes they would appear to go in -- there's no give there whatsoever. The second perplexing problem is that while I can similate the closed and open states of the latch while seperated from the door, I cannot find the medium state that will enables me to both close and open it via the accuator. I tend the think this is related to a metal pin that seems to slide into place to near the spring. Yet for the life of me, I cannot slide it into place in the aforementioned open or close states without trapping it in that position. In other words, I can "pin it into place" with the spring fully depressed, preventing the latch from letting out again, or with the spring relaxed, at which point the pin blocks any of the movement of the assembly. Does that make any sense? It's been a long day wrestling with it and I fear I am not accurately describing the situation. Many, many thanks for any help you might provide. Last edited on Thu Sep 29th, 2005 08:16 am by tmcleod |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29th, 2005 02:50 pm |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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Thanks for the kind words, but I have not had to do this, the fix was posted in another tech only forum. We will hope other techs in this forum have actually done this and can shed some light on a repair, that I understand, is very difficult even for the ones who deal with this all of the time.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12th, 2005 12:52 am |
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yambag Master Appliantologist
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I fixed this only once,and it took me only 5 min to do it.I wish that i could remember how I done it,but it was done last year
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13th, 2005 12:49 am |
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tmcleod Grasshopper
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Hi Pegi, many thanks for the reply nonetheless. Was finally able to get it to go eventually. There was a metal tab – which I assume is there to complete the circuit that informs the washer if the door is open or closed – that was out of place. Figured out it where belonged and it all fell into place – including the handle, which snapped in just fine once everything was properly aligned. Thanks again.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13th, 2005 03:10 am |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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Tmcleod, you are quite welcome, thanks for letting us know it worked....
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| Posted: Fri Oct 14th, 2005 04:28 am |
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Welcome again, glad this has helped so many!!! 
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26th, 2005 02:02 am |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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What is the part number of the handle you ordered and received.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26th, 2005 04:00 pm |
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Pegi Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
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Looks to be the right part number, just follow the posted instructions and be sure the lock part is in the lock position before trying to install the handle.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29th, 2005 06:41 pm |
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tmcleod Grasshopper
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I think the lock part Guru Pegi refers to is the accuator which is on the lip of the washer body -- not the door. The trick is to unscrew the assembly from the door and ignore the door entirely until you have reassembled the handle over the lock-accuator-hook thing attached to the roof of the washer. Place the latch assembly (part
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29th, 2005 06:42 pm |
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tmcleod Grasshopper
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