"jim evans" wrote in message
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My garbage disposal is leaking water. Does anybody know what's
happening? If so, is this something I can fix by taking the disposal
apart or should I just go buy a new one?

This is a picture of the bottom of my In-Sink-Erator garbage disposal.

http://www.factsfacts.com/disposal-bottom.jpg

The arrows indicate where water is dripping from.

I replaced this unit about 5-6 years ago.

jim
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someone recently plugged the stainless grinding chamber insinkerator on this
newsgroup, citing 10 years of service and still working, maybe you can get a
few more years out of yours by repairing it (if it can be repaired)

someone else mentioned consumer reports #8 pick is the kenmore 1/2 hp model
6011 [mfr. model 9912]...looking at its specs, it has an abs plastic
grinding chamber and galvanized steel grind elements, and is on sale till
1-8-05 for $64.99 (regularly $69.99)

the abs plastic sounds like a new design, have no idea how it stands up to
stainless steel, the cheapie disposals used to have grind chambers made of
some kind of cheap metal, maybe abs is better, have no idea how abs chambers
(with galvanized blades) stands up to stainless steel

like insinkerator, sears also makes more costly models with stainless
grinding chambers and stainless grind elements (and more than 1/2 hp motors)

for more data on sears stuff, go to
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/searc...=searchresults
then click on the particular model and when that page opens you can also
click on the "Product specs" tab for data on grinding chamber/blade material
used

I would take it apart and look. You should have a lot more than 6 years
life from a disposer, so you just might have a loose hose clamp or a bum
o-ring or something.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.



"jim evans" wrote in message
news
My garbage disposal is leaking water. Does anybody know what's
happening? If so, is this something I can fix by taking the disposal
apart or should I just go buy a new one?

This is a picture of the bottom of my In-Sink-Erator garbage disposal.

http://www.factsfacts.com/disposal-bottom.jpg

The arrows indicate where water is dripping from.

I replaced this unit about 5-6 years ago.

jim
___
Have a home upkeep question? Try my help page.
It's sort of an alt.home.repair FAQ.
http://www.factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair