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The below is a guide on how to remove a dime from your Badger 5-81
Insinkerator.

You will need the following things:

Small hands
Strong fingers
The Allen wrench dealie that comes with your badger.
A flat head screw driver
A pair of needle-nose pliers
A working flashlight
A chisel
and ultimately A hammer

To be fair it is only in the extreme situation in which a dime is
wedged between the drain and the turning mechanism of the Badger In
which this technique is necessary.

Step 1. Use the Flashlight and locate the dime.

Step 2. Once located take a screw driver and attempt to wedge the
flathead against the wall of your insinkerator and the dime. Using
leverage bend the dime out toward the center of the sink.

Step 3. Place your small hand inside the garbage disposal and attempt
to grasp the coin and pull it out with your strong fingers.

ATTENTION: the makers of inskerator strongly urge you to never place
your hands in the garbage disposal. Although this is wise advice
(especially if your garbage disposal is in the on position). what the
makers of the badger 5-81 don’t tell you is that although you may have
a warranty for 2 years that warranty is null and void if "foreign
objects" are lodged in your machine. With a service charge of
something like 150 bucks to remove 10 cents. You might also find this
technique more lucrative.

Step 4. Take your left hand place it inside the drain grasping the
coin, and your right hand under the sink with the Allen wrench dealie
firmly in place. SLOWLY rock the wrench back and forth while wiggling
the dime. Repeat for about this for about half an hour. You may have
to place your face on the counter to perform this particular
technique. NOTE: laying on your stomach on top of the counter and
performing this action is NOT more comfortable

Step 5. Have a cigarette (you might want to wash your hands in order
to do this... in fact washing your hands regularly during this
procedure is probably a really good idea.)

Step 6. Repeat step 4.

Step 7. Throw away your needle nose pliers. (The concept that needle
nose pliers will fit inside a sink drain is a logical fallacy. As the
pliers go in the nose of them closes making grasping the dime
absolutely impossible)

Step 8. Repeat step 4 until the dime is significantly bent toward the
center of the drain in an about a 45 degree angle.

NOTE: Do not turn on the disposal in an attempt to dislodge the dime.
If you do this repeat step 4 about five more times

Step 9. Get fed up!!!

Step 10. Take a chisel and place it on the dime.

Step 11. Smack the chisel firmly with the hammer.

Step 12. Once the dime is really close to dropping beyond the metal
edge of the disposal smack it again... this time down the drain!!!

Step 13. remove all "foreign objects" and tools from your
sink.

Step 14. Turn on the water.

Step 15. Turn on the disposal and let the 2 and 1/2 horsepower of your
badger 5 do the rest.

Step 16. Listen to your Badger Purr.

Step 17. test out your Badger with various fruits and non metal/wooden
objects.

Congratulations you Now have a fully functional badger 5-81
Inskereator Garbage disposal... and you're out only 10 cents.