Place on large working surface and open door. Gently lever inside panel of door from front glass panel. Unhook spring remove and replace broken latch. Hook spring to replacement door latch press front and inside panels of door together.
Job done.
Sorry - number 1 son did the work consulted a diagram on the Internet but disagreed with blogs posted by others on what he considered unnecessary undoing of screws. He literally took 5 minutes to fit the door latch. All good.
I contacted my local electrician who services stoves etc to fit the part. Cheaper than using a sharp repairer plus this electrician came to the house and only charged me 50. Without Big warehouse and their prompt service I would have been up for far more money and been without my microwave oven for weeks.
Tools Required:
Star screwdriver was used by the repairer. There is a video on how to replace a latch but I preferred to let a professional do the job.
Remove the door trim from inside of microwave - it is only clipped on no tools required. Lift the old latch up pulls slightly towards you remove the spring. Replace new latch in reverse order. Takes only a few minutes.
When dismantling the door choke cover it would be in my opinion not to break it as the little clips inside the opening are not visible until the part is almost undone and by then its too late as many of the clips are already broken of. Its a shame that there is no descriptive disassembling instructions on line. If there is I couldnt find them
Tools Required:
Screwdriver and a small pair of snipe nosed pliers
Its not too bad - need to un-clip the cover on the inside of the door ( near the outer edge ) being careful not the break the clips - it is only plastic. Then the door latch can be slide out - careful not to lose the spring. Slide the new latch into place then with pointy nose pliers put the spring back in. Clip the plastic cover back into place and the job is done
Remove the outer surrounding cover - I used a small screwdriver to gently prise it off - then remove the latch carefully noting how it fits and making sure you do not lose the spring, fitting is the reverse, quite easy, remember to isolate power before carrying out the repair.
Remove the internal cover on the door, carefully lift the door key up and pull the bottom out. Unhook the spring and lift the door key up. Reverse the process to reinstall.
Gently prise off inside door cover. Lift latch off the profile hooks and bring forward gently without stretching spring and noting how spring is attached to each end. Remove spring from the door end and then old latch. Put spring on the new door latch and then attach to door. Lift latch upward pulling against spring and lift into position over profile hooks in door frame. Check operation of latch moving with spring. Push inside cover back on and close door to check final latch operation. Test microwave.
Tools Required:
Screwdriver to gently prise off inside door cover.
Putting in my make model of my microwave was easy. Then having the break-down diagram of the microwave is excellent - it shows exactly the part I needed, the correct order number attached to it. I felt completely confident that I was receiving the correct part that was required. Part arrived quickly, repaired microwave in 5 minutes.
0.0 tools phillips head screwdrivers (2 sizes) snub nosed pliers (electricians type) needle nosed pliers gloves if the glass sheath is broken, parts replacement element, 1 cable tie (nylon not pvc) 60mm long.
1.0 disconnect appliance at gpo outlet. 2.0 with a phillips driver remove cover screws on sides (6) and rear (5) note that the rear centre one is recessed on the top edge 2.1 put the screws into a screw top container. 3.0 grab the rear cover on its lower edge and lift slightly and gently pull back for 35-30 mm to release the folded clamps which fix the cover in place at the front of the unit. 4.0 lift the cover free 5.0 on the top of the exposed oven there is a raised pressed steel cover extending from the lhs to the rhs top of the oven cavity.This should be removed note that there is a small wire which is clipped to the cover the clip needs to be disconnected from the cover using a pair of needle nosed pliers.If you damage the clip replace it with a cable tie and tie the cable down to the temperature sensor loom (other side) on re-assembly. There are two phillips screws (same size as those on the outer cover) one on the lhs rear the other on the rhs rear these should be removed and put in the screw container. 6.0 with a pair of blunt nosed pliers on the lh edge of the cover locate the two tabs which fix the cover to the oven body these will be bent out of the horizontal plane. Take the pliers and straighten them out such that the cover will then slide towards the rhs of the oven body and thence allow the cover to be lifted free. 7.0 with the cover removed there will be the pressed recess under which the heating element sits at each end of the element there is a small wire fixed to the element with a small phillips head screw through a circular crimped lug with a appropriate size screwdriver remove these screws and spring washers and place all in the screw container. 8.0 the element is now disconnected an requires releasing from the oven body. At each end of the element you will see a l shaped plate fixed in place with a phillips head screw (oven body size). Released the rhs one then the lhs one. 9.0 gently move the l shaped plates from their position towards the rear of the oven to release the front location tabs. Slide the l shaped brackets of the element gently towards the outside elf the oven at each side. 10.0 the element can now be gently withdrawn towards the lhs of the oven if it is broken it may require some support with a gloved hand to allow it to exit the oven top plate hole on the lhs. Removal is now complete. Re-assembly is a reverse of the above process remember to securely tighten the acres on the element and that they must have the spring washers correctly placed as there is heat vibration and 240vac. The element is fragile be carefull that you do not separate the ends of the element with the tags and ceramic spacers from the glass body they are a loose fit and if you pull them out you will damage the heating element inside. If for some reason you cannot fit the new element it is essential that you put back the covers and fully insulate the two lugged cable ends as they carry 240vac remember if the old element was broken remove any glass fragments or metallic fragments from a failed element before testing the new element by powering the oven on. To test load the oven and select the top grill to observe the elements operation from outside through the door.
Tools Required:
Tools listed in procedure along with consumables -
phillips head screwdrivers (2 sizes) snub nosed pliers (electricians type) needle nosed pliers gloves if the glass sheath is broken, parts replacement element, 1 cable tie (nylon not pvc) 60mm long
