Piston and Nut Assembly

First, emptied the dishwasher of all items and water.
Second, checked to see if there were any clogs.
Third, found make and model of the dishwasher and looked it up in Fix.com
Fourth, found the issue - drainplug needed replacing.
Fifth, ordered the correct OEM parts.
Sixth, installed and tested - works like new.

Very easy to accomplish. Took off the back screen and removed piston nut assembly with some pliers. It just screws out. Installed the new part and reinstalled the screen and it works like new!

Remove the bottom rack. Put a block under the front edge of the opened door to keep the pressure off the hinges as I worked. I removed the two screws holding the cover inlet (506) and removed the cover sump (509) and the filter sump (508). I took a screwdriver to pry up the washers that secured the large screen just below the heating e ... Read more lement. I removed the standing water with a wet vacuum and cleaned the sump and inlet parts. Removed the right screw that held the supt calrod (112). Removed the two screws that held the filter frame (543) and unscrewed the piston and nut assembly (564) which was completed deteriorated. Installed the new piston and nut and replaced all the pieces removed earlier. Removed the corner tub baffles (26) and replaced with new ones. I did not use the valve body gasket. The dishwasher is working perfectly after multiple uses.

Researched the internet and found parts supplier who had the replacement parts suggested and how to videos. Only difficulty was the old piston & nut assembly which was "frozen tight in place". Had to muscle it out. Rest of repair couldn't have been much easier. Once old parts were replaced, dishes seem to be coming out better. For now thi ... Read more s beat spending $$ for a new dishwasher.

Removed 4 screws from rear cover inside washer. Gently removed check valve with a pliers. Found the check valve seat had failed and was completely gone. Checked discharge opening for debris. There was none. Gently tightened new valve with pliers and reinstalled cover. Ran complete cycle - problem solved, no residual water in bottom o ... Read more f dishwasher.

The instruction videos on the site were well done. The only real addition I wanted to add here, is that the repair itself only took an hour. The reason I listed it as taking more than 2 hours was due to the amount of time it took to clean the build up of calcium and hardened soap from the various areas. Keep this in mind when doing your o ... Read more wn repair. Removing and replacing the parts was quick and painless. Cleaning the crud was time consuming.

Removed three screws from rear basket. Unscrewed existing valve. Needed to use a channel locks to loosen using the tabs on the valve. Installed new valve. Hand tighten then one 1/8 of a turn to tighten. Don't tighted to much. Ran a full load and checked after completed cycle. Did not fix the problem. Water still remains. I realise tha ... Read more t the suggested part had only a little better than 50% success rate.

Drained standing water using a shop vac. Took out all screens in the bottom, cleaned out as much "gunk" as I could. Saw the mangled Piston and Nut Assembly. Found the part on line. When the order came in, replaced the part. Very easy and worked like a charm! MUCH better than replacing our old dishwasher. All it took was a screwdriv ... Read more er, you can do it. I did it while my husband was at his fire dept. meeting!

Simple job! Remove 4 1/4" hex-headed screws at the back, un-screw the old part (pliers may be needed) and install the new one. The replace the cover and 4 screws.

Ordered part #WD24X10018, piston and nut assembly. As advised., tried to unscrew 4 screws to remove part. 2 screws were no problem, the other two were just under and in line with what looks like heating tubing. Had to loosen same in order to remove the other two.. Could not remove piston, as it was frozen. Luckily I had Nav ... Read more al Jelly rust dissolver, whichI I applied and left over night, which did the trick. I replaced the part butIi still have 1/2" water standing. Now what do I replace?.....Tom P.S. washer has hardly been used??