jenn-air trash compactor broken gear?

Trash Compactor Repair
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My compactor ram is stuck in the down position.I took the side off and found that the white plastic gear(model #882699) was broken in half. I tried grabbing the chain to see if I could manually move it by hand but the chain is very tight and would not budge…is the chain supposed to be that tight or is something stuck? My question is if I put this new gear on and the ram is stuck, will it break the new gear? Im not sure how to manually get the ram back to the up position.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks…Mike

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Hi Mike,

You have to check both power nuts (13 at the Replacement parts for Jenn-Air TC507B COMPACTOR | AppliancePartsPros.com. If any one is bad, it will cause the ram to stuck. Also both power nuts, power screws and gears have to be lubricated.

  • The power nut [part]9870163[/part]

  • The drive gear kit [part]882699[/part]

  • The lubricant [part]AP3140802[/part]

Here are the breakdown diagrams and [URL="http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=48442)

Gene.

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Thanks for the help Gene…i will work on it wheh i get home. How hard is it to getto the power nuts?

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I meant how hard to get to the power nuts?

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You have to remove the top cover and the ram. Be careful not to damage the top limit switch.

Gene.

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Sounds hard specially with the ram being stuck

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Hey Gene, how do you know if the power nuts are bad? Can I manually lift the ram back up and how?

Thanks again…Mike

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Mike,

You may want to remove the top cover (at least) and look inside first. You may find some answers there.

Gene.
P.S. You can bring the ram up by turning the powerscrew nut (#8 at the diagram) using an adjustable wrench.