On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:50:09 -0400, aemeijers wrote:

mike wrote:
On Apr 22, 6:15 am, willshak wrote:
Mike wrote the following:





So I'm cleaning up the kitchen last night after getting the kids to
bed, running some water in the sink as I rinse dishes. The side of
the sink with the disposal starts to fill up a bit, so I do the usual
- click on the disposal to clear the junk out and let the water flow.
Except this time the water didn't begin flowing. I heard the motor
run when I flipped the switch, but nothing happened. I pull out the
rubber piece in the sink, put on a glove and reach in a bit (yes, I
know this is ill-advised). There is, of course, a bunch of food in
there. I take a moment to scoop out as much as I can and then shine a
flashlight into the disposal. I see in there the nut that holds the
flywheel to the spinning bolt, but the nut is not in the middle like
it should be. I fish out the nut and it's got part of the bolt still
in it. In short, the bolt that come up the middle from the motor has
broken and the top portion of the bolt is still in the nut. Good
grief. I set the fly wheel back in the center so that I can see the
top of the bolt, and then turn on the motor briefly. Yep, the bolt
still turns, but without the nut holding the flywheel to the bolt, the
flywheel just sits there. Off to google, search string "garbage
disposal repair". Tons of results for things like unclogging a
disposal, resetting a disposal, but nothing that addresses my
situation.
So what do you think? Is this fixable, or is a replacement disposal
the only viable way to go? If I do end up getting a plan to fix the
unit, it seems like pulling teh disposal from the sink will be the
only way to get down into the guts where the bolt meets the motor.
Thanks for any info/advice.
Mike
Remove the disposer and replace it with a piece of drain pipe. What do
you need a disposal for? Dumping pieces of garbage into your septic
tank, or worse, the municipal sewer system, which has to work extra to
remove that crap before they release the treated water into the waterways?
Get a cheap garbage can and scrape the waste from the dishes into it. I
hear some places actually have some kind of service where trucks come
and pick up the garbage for you. Of course there is a fee.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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Most people don't like scooping bits of crud and various foodstuffs,
peelings, chicken guts, etc. from the drain into a garbage can
(yuck). Garbage disposals are practically standard equipment in
modern kitchens. They save time, avoid messes, and are very
convenient. It's so nice to wipe off everything right off your
counters directly into the undermount sink and flip a switch.

Who peels stuff in the sink? I peel right over the garbage can, and do
the cutting on a cutting board. The parts I don't wanna eat, I just tip
the cutting board into the trash can. I never have large scraps on the
plates to worry about- when you live alone, you only make a plateful at
a time, and finish what you put on the plate.

Chicken bones?

I thought I would miss a disposal after having one for 25 years out on
my own, but I've been here almost five years and don't even notice it
any more. And the drains here are less-than-optimal, so I don't wanna
stress them (or the septic) any more than I have to.

We have city sewers (made sure of that). I wouldn't be without a garbage
disposal anymore. I don't like food rotting in the garbage and I don't have
to worry about animals getting into the garbage. There's no food to attract
them.