The average homeowner can remove the spray arm assembly with little difficulty.
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Turn off the electrical supply to the dishwasher at the circuit breaker box. Turn the water supply off as well.
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Open the door to your Whirlpool dishwasher and remove the bottom dish rack. The dish rack should just pull straight out from the dishwasher.
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Loosen the lower outlet nut at the base of the spray arm with a pipe wrench. Once it is loosened it can be unscrewed by hand. Now the complete spray arm assembly can be removed from the dishwasher.
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Remove the retaining screw from underneath the spray arm if the spray arm itself is to be replaced.
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Remove the split ring seal and the pump outlet nut from the assembly which allows the collapsible support assembly to be removed from the spray arm.
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Assemble the spray arm in reverse of the way you removed it.
The Drip Cap
- There may come a time when you will have to remove or replace the lower spray arm assembly in your Whirlpool dishwasher.
- Now the complete spray arm assembly can be removed from the dishwasher.
- Remove the retaining screw from underneath the spray arm if the spray arm itself is to be replaced.