Hello...

We just bought a Kenmore fridge a few months ago...model 106.56532400.
It was time to replace the filter, so I bought the correct one, pulled
out the old filter, and tried to install the new one. It would go in
only so far...the valves on the end of the filter would not engage. I
double-checked...this is the correct filter, I was putting it in the
correct way, and we had a similar fridge in the past so I was familiar
with replacing these. I couldn't even put the old filter back in...it
went in as far as the other one. Very strange!

Anyone hear of something like this happening, and have any idea of a
solution? I'd rather not call out service for something this stupid...

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:26:39 -0500, wxman wrote:

Hello...

We just bought a Kenmore fridge a few months ago...model 106.56532400.
It was time to replace the filter, so I bought the correct one, pulled
out the old filter, and tried to install the new one. It would go in
only so far...the valves on the end of the filter would not engage. I
double-checked...this is the correct filter, I was putting it in the
correct way, and we had a similar fridge in the past so I was familiar
with replacing these. I couldn't even put the old filter back in...it
went in as far as the other one. Very strange!

Anyone hear of something like this happening, and have any idea of a
solution? I'd rather not call out service for something this stupid...

Did you press teh button on the side and fullly seat the cap on the
new filter? Is the cap perfectly aligned?

Also, check for plastic fragments broken off inside the couplings.


--
-john
wide-open at throttle dot info

I haven't had to change my Maytag filter yet but putting in the first one
was a bitch because it was almost impossible to get the plug out.


"wxman" wrote in message
...
Hello...

We just bought a Kenmore fridge a few months ago...model 106.56532400. It
was time to replace the filter, so I bought the correct one, pulled out
the old filter, and tried to install the new one. It would go in only so
far...the valves on the end of the filter would not engage. I
double-checked...this is the correct filter, I was putting it in the
correct way, and we had a similar fridge in the past so I was familiar
with replacing these. I couldn't even put the old filter back in...it
went in as far as the other one. Very strange!

Anyone hear of something like this happening, and have any idea of a
solution? I'd rather not call out service for something this stupid...