I have installed a new bake element in my 20 year old range oven. It is operable at this time. The question that I have is when I pulled the old element through the back of the range it had a silver round devise connected to the element arm via clip. I attempted to attach the round silver divice with green and yellow wires to the new element arm. After doing so i was unable to get it to fit through the hole in back of the oven! So i disconnect the silver devise int put it through the hole first then the element. Please inform me if this is a PROBLEM! Thank You.
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