How to Replace an Electric Oven Element

Pull out the oven & unplug it. If element is screwed to the back wall of the inside of oven, you can remove the screws to detach the element or if not, there should be a metal protective plate at the rear of the oven to access the element screws/wiring. Replace with same.

UNPLUG the stove or turn off its breaker.

Inside the oven, trace the element back to the rear wall. There should be one screw on each side next to where the element goes through the rear wall. Unscrew that screw on each side and pull the element toward you - it'll come easily, bring its wiring behind it (this is why there must be NO power to the stove!). Detach the wiring from the element... DO NOT allow the wires to pull back through the wall, or you'll have to pull the whole range out to retrieve them.

To install the new element, just reverse that procedure.

Well, to ensure the element is bad, you can take an ohm meter to the contacts of it and measure the resistance. It should be around 20 ohms. If it is much greater or infinite, the element is bad. To get to the contacts you will need to unplug the oven, pull it away from the wall and remove the rear panel. Then disconnect the element wiring and touch the probes from the meter to the contacts on the element. You can order a new element locally or from repairclinic.com. Let me know what you find.

Benjamin

With the model number you can order a new element from repairclinic.com

You can remove it by pulling the oven out from the wall, unplugging it, removing the rear panel, and then disconnecting the element and swapping it out. Fairly simple for anyone with patience.

Let me know how this works out for you.


Benjamin