Burner Head

Removed 4 burners from cooking module.A hammer works from the bottom of the burner to loosen up all the rust.Cleaned all the rust off the burner plate.Before installing the new burners. I filled the inside bottom cavity with muffler repair paste from Auto Zone.It comes in a plastic container. The purpose is to keep the burner from rusting ... Read more over time when hot and exposed to air and failing again.Installed the burners in the pan and coated the exposed metal with same repair paste.Let the unit dry for 2 days.Installer ignitor parts.Installed gas feed tubes, Ground wire from both ignitor base screws to bottom cover screw. The purpose is to assure a good ground to base.Re-connected feed wire to ignitor base plugThe biggest cause of module failure is rust. Placed units back in the unit and no problems.All four burners fired right up.$190.vs $600 new modules. This will probably last for years.Jen Air is not going to be very happy that I won't be buying their whole module replacement package @ $300 each every three years.If you pay 3 grand for a cooktop it should last longerThanks guys for making individual parts available.It takes a little time but, in the long run, it's worth it!

the cost for an entire burner assembly was as high as $400 so I was thrilled to discover just the burner head for $30. this would have been a lot easier had the wire not rusted out so I had to do a little electrical work. water gets in there from boil overs excetera and starts to corrode all the metal. the burner head itself fit in ver ... Read more y nicely and was super easy to install and worked perfectly the first time and ever since. I am so thankful to this site and would recommend this installation for anyone, what a great savings!!!!

We did not do the repairs ourselves. We hired a gas company technician to exchange the new head and igniter for old. We were surprised that the burner heads did not come with the screws necessary to complete the job. The technician had to locate screws in his personal collection.