Help!,
My project for the weekend was to replace the kitchen faucet and soap dispenser. To gain some access I popped out the garbage disposal without really looking at (mistake). It is an Insinkerator Pro 77. It came out easy, just turn a collar and it dropped out. But now I am having a really hard time getting it back in. The collar that tightens to the bottom of the drain seems too big now. The neck of the disposal slips right through – I have no idea how it was held up there in the first place. Did I lose a piece? The install directions on the Insinkerator page are poor with drawings instead of photos and are really no help.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Can you define the "Too Big" .
My guess is that either you aren't getting the tabs and slots aligned or that you aren't using enough upward pressure to allow you to get the locking ring started.
I often have to lay on my back under the disposal and use a lot of force to push everything into place and get the locking ring started.
Ensuring you have the ring correctly aligned is a big part of it.
Thanks for the quick response.
I did get the locking collar caught on all sides (3 tabs) but outside diameter of the neck of the unit seems smaller than the inside diameter of the collar so even when it is locked in place, the unit can still slide out. It seem like the top of the neck should be pressed up agains the rubber bottom of the drain gasket and then the collar tightened. Should the neck of the unit maybe be slid inside of the rubber drain?
I figured the reinstallation would be simple so I didn't take a good look when I pulled it out.
There should be a spring keeper ring that goes on the neck after the collar is placed on the unit, the ring keeps the collar on and is what the collar pushes on when locking the tabs.
There are two kinds of people who never amount to much:those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.
What Heck said. With the unit removed it should be possible to check and make sure that the locking ring cannot slide up and off the unit. If it can you have problems with the snap ring on the unit being missing. I cannot remember exactly but it seems to me that the throat of the disposal does not have to slide inside the rubber gasket . Rather the gasket is a compression type with the locking ring, when engaged into tall three notches, and secured all by turning it until it won't turn any more is all that is needed.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Best I could see for instructions, not very good. http://insinkerator.com/pdfs/US_ICU1.pdf Notice that their is a gasket (H on the schematic parts list ) that sits on the top of the unit. Is this in place?
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Maybe you needa new gasket. It is possible the gasket has become misshapen. Do you have a magnetic auto switch installed for the grinder? I once had to install this brand with magnetic switch. The switch came with its own gasket, to replace the original, and came with instruction that new gasket must be used. This was grey in color. I had so much problem trying to fit the gasket, including applying a lot of pressure from under, that I called the manufacturer. Their rep said I should just use the original gasket!
From experience, grinders should not be a struggle to install. Locking ring may be tough to turn but gasket should not be cause to installation problem. Good luck.
Thanks for all of your responses. I think the locking spring is missing. I will stop at HD on my way home tonight to see what comes with the unit. I don't think I lost it - possible it wasn't there from the beginning. This house was 3 years old when I bought it and I have already found several "shortcuts". Thanks again for the help.
I see how it works now. Picked up a new gasket today - the collar slips over the neck of the unit then the gasket goes on the flange of the neck. This holds the collar onto the unit. Turn the collar and all done. I think the groove that the flange sits in was rotted away on the old gasket so it was hard to see.
Thanks for all of your suggestions! I'll have more when I try to wainscot the 1/2 bath.
Glad you solved it, always nice to hear success.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Sometimes I put something under it with a lever of some sort. Like a 2X4 or something to lever it up into place.
just read your last post. they rot fairly easily unless they are stainless steel.
Edited 5/20/2008 11:17 pm ET by popawheelie