How To Fix Loose Stove Burners: Secure Hardwired Elements
Okay today I’m going to be showing you how to secure a loose surface range element. Got a loose surface range element right here. What it should have is a set screw underneath.
As you can see this one is just floating around freely and that’s not good.
This ones missing the screw. I was able to find another one that I had salvaged from another unit
Anyway, this one just screws in here in the little screw port here.
And once you get the screw started, you can see the two teeth there
just get anchored up and underneath right here and than tightened down like so.
You can also use a nut driver but this is where a six in one comes in real handy so you can get in there and tighten it down. The next trick with
these is to make sure that the range pan goes below.
You can see here the ring goes on top and the pan goes below.
Sometimes these are a little tricky to set doesn’t want to sit down so I was able to set that one down a little bit better.
Slip the pan underneath first, and than the ring on top. Like so.
And we’re all set there. Again that can look a little bit better.Let me lower this down just a tiny bit.
Sometimes you will have one of these that is a little bit stubborn to get it to seat nice and flush. There we go now that is nice and flush.
Good to go anyway that is how to secure a loose range element. Now this will still move around a little bit which is ok. But at least it is anchored in there and behaving the way that it should.
Ready to go!
