MDB6650AWS Maytag Dishwasher - Instructions

Snapped old ones off and snapped new ones on.

Removed the screws to the front panel along the inside of the door. Replaced the broken part with the new one. The only glitch was I needed a screwdriver to pry one end of the new part to seat into the hole where its installed. Replaced the screws. Job complete in 15 mins.

Took out the old basket,
Threw it away.
Popped in the new baskey,
filled it with forks and spoons.
Works great!

By the way, my order arrived in one day.
Phenomenal!

The most difficult part is learning how to unsnap the plastic retainers at each end of the steel sliders on each side of the dish rack. Push the end caps to the outside and the plastic inserts will snap open and slide off the ends of the rails in two pieces (note how they were oriented so you can replace them later). The caps must be removed from both ends of each rail. Slide out the basket. slide the rails out. Pull the old rollers off the pins. Place the new rollers into position. A smart rap with the palm of your hand should snap the rollers onto the pins. If you have done it correctly, the rollers will not pull off the mounting pins. You could also place a small block of wood against the roller and use your hand or a small hammer or weight to snap the pins into place. Assemble in reverse order.

First you must understand that the end cap is not a solid piece. The plastic facing you is wrapped over the piece behind it. The separation may be obscured by age. Wedge thin bladed screwdriver into the outside edge of end cap at the bid point, a sturdy hunting knife will probably work better. When you hit the seam, pry it apart and fold it back. Unwrap the part and repeat on other side. The dishracks will easily slide out and in.

First I removed the inside door panel, then I snapped the old latch out and put the new latch on with screws. Easy, and works perfect now.

my husband took the bottom rack out, unscrewed it where there were screws, lifted up the unscrewed part, took the filter out,cleaned out any gunk, replaced the filter put the part back on, rescrewed it, put the rack back in and it works much better.

I placed the distributer cap on and tightened with the housing nut and snapped the cap on and it was fixed. Very easy, no tools involved.

Purchased a replacement lower rack WPL 99002572 (which had the wheels but not sure that it still does.) Used the old fold down shelf but this might be available as a part. The rack didn't have the tines near the rear of the rack on either side--my old one had fixed/welded tines so I didn't expect this and needed replacement parts to fix it. I Ordered 4 straight clips AP4112831 (99001436)CLIP, FOLD AWAY TINE to hold the tines. There weren't any recommended tines, so found and Ordered 2 each Front place and Rear Bowl tines WPL 12002218 x 2 and WPL 99002138 x 2 that looked about the right length. Used them in pairs. On one side of the rack (right side), only the bowl configuration works--this is because the tines catch on the edge of the basket and won't fold straight up. On the other side (left), I can switch between bowl or straight tines by folding them different ways. To make this work,clip the tines to the basket so the tines set a little closer to the center of the basket than you might expect, in order to allow the tines to 'float' enough to rotate to the opposite configuration. I had to experiment with the clip location so needed a needle nose pliers to gently unlatch the clips so that I didn't break them. I also ordered a clip AP4113042 (99001746)Latch, pivoting tines--but didn't use them with these bowl tines. They might be useful with a straight tine for latching the top to the outside of the basket.

Un screwed the dishwasher from the underside of my kithcen counter. Removed the copper water hose(after turning off water valves). PUlled the dishwasher from under counter to expose the hinges. Hung the new linkage on the hinge. Stetched the spring from flange on the bottom of the dishwasher to the new linkage. Reattached hose and reconnected the unit to counter top. Job done.

I pulled the unit out its bay and saw that one spring was missing. I looked up the parts online and ordered replacement springs and linkages. Using the existing spring and linkage as models, I easily installed the new parts. I ordered spare parts in case the other linkage broke.

When I tried to remove the hold down screw for the impellar, the impellar broke in half. I actually did npt need to go this far with disassembly as the problem was with water being retained in the rinse arm assembly and stagnating. This was due to calcium buildup clogging the drain holes. Clearing the holes resolved the problem.

Removed front access panel
Disconnected water supply
Pulled dishwasher out approximately 1 foot to gain access to spring linkage
Connected new spring linkage to spring, connected other end of spring linkage to door
Tested operation of door
Slid dishwasher back into place, reconnected water supply and front access panel

Turned off the water. Disconnected the water supply line. Extracted 2 screws holding the dishwasher. Pulled out the dishwasher. Changed out the nylon spring link. Pushed the dishwasher back into place. Reattached the water line. Turned the water back on.

Spring linkage and postage about $15.00.
Savings on service call and parts about $175.00. What a deal. Thank you PartSelect.

popped the two end caps off of the runners (the hardest part of the installation was figuring out how to pop them without braking them). Turns out just using a flat screw driver to start opening the cap lock did the trick. Once the end caps were off it was just a matter of rolling the old one off and the new one on and then putting the end caps back on.

The new basket wasn't an exact match, it's lighter weight and doesn't have the exact same configuration as far as the rows of tines. This will do us fine until it's time to replace the unit.