How do you 'unstick' a seized Garbage Disposal Unit?
On Friday, December 12, 2014 5:50:19 PM UTC-5, Robert Macy wrote:
Have an Insinkerator(sp?) garbage disposal unit in the kitchen.
Badger 1-83A with a power cord.
The kitchen sink was not used very often, and the disposal not run for a
while, suspect rusted 'solid'
Called 800 558 5700 and was told the wrench should enable to unstick [it
did not] and don't recommend using any chemicals. Probably have to
replace. Ok, so if I have to replace what do I lose by simply trying
chemicals?
Does anybody know some way to unstick this thing?
maybe muriatic acid to eat rust, or Whink, HF acid, or ?? I tried
lengthening the short 1/4 inch allen wrench to about a foot, but still
solid.
Any ideas? I even tried the 800 ft-lb 'hammer wrench' feature of
Rockewell's 3Rill drill to no avail. May have started to strip the allen
wrench hole, though.
The last time I was confronted with this situation I went to remove the GD (because there was actual waste backing up in it so it was easier to put a big storage tote underneath it and drop it) and when I got it out I found that it had rusted through to the motor and actually was leaking water into the cord connection compartment :/ A new GD was the fix...
nate
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