How to Replace Stuck Oven Light Bulb Cover Whirlpool Stove Model Number WFE515S0ES0
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- In this video, I go over how to safely take off the oven light bulb cover and change the actual oven light bulb. Hope the video helps!
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Thanks for watching! 😃
Enormously reassuring that it’s not just me who has problems removing the lamp cover!
Yeah it was a real pain! Thanks for watching!
Yeah i was about to give up on my then come across his video which made me understand how it hard to remove but i got it done thanks to the video 😊
Not in the manual - glad you could share!
I’m think my whole fitting is turning. Highly annoying.
We had the same problem with ours too. Who do they have installing those glass covers Hercules lol
I have owned ovens all my life, this design deserves Jackass of the Year Award. The old design with a cover and Phillip's head screw worked in it's simplicity, they should have left it alone as it worked.
God Bless you! CZcams University has saved me again! Thank you, I used a rubber glove and it worked like magic!
Awesome to hear that this video helped you out! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the using rubber tip. The gloves I have would’ve torn apart BUT I had a rubber resistance band that worked rt away. Thanks for getting me there!!
I tried to get the dead light bulb out of the oven but it didn't come out.
Rubber glove was the ishhh
Thanks. 7 years later, this really helped me out. Gloves worked for me.
The WD40 trick worked for me. Couldn't budge the cover even with grip gloves on, but the cover hadn't been removed since I bought the cooker 15 yrs ago. I heated the oven for 20 mins, left it to cool slightly and used the WD40. I left it on for 20 - 25 mins. Was still a bit stuck for about 5 secs then it just started turning. Thanks for the video and the comments - meant I got my cooker fixed... Much appreciated. 😀
I have tried the glove trick and still no luck. Mine has been broke for over 3 yrs. I will try the WD40 next.
cheered you on the whole time man. Thing seemed tighter than the oil pan after a professional serviced it. :')
Thank you. You took me on this journey with you and I pulled the cover off at the same time you did. May god bless your soul and your family 🙏
Thank you! I used rubber gloves, PB Blaster, heated the oven, and finally got the glass globe loose with a pipe wrench. Afterwards, I stuffed a napkin in the light socket and cleaned the globe and the aluminum globe socket with oven cleaner. In retrospect, I would use oven cleaner on the aluminum globe socket instead of PB Blaster. Thanks again and may God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much! The glove trick helped after watching your video. I thought I was doing something wrong, trying to unthread so hard and would break the glass but it was just so tight without grip. Gave up after some time as my landlord wouldn't help fix it. Kudos I will be able to have light in the oven and watch my cake bake after many years
Well, thank you! thank you! The JAR OPENER did the trick !! (it's only been 8 or 9 years with a burnt bulb) HAH ! Stroke that one from the TO-DO list!!
Thank you so much! I have had a blown bulb for like 3 years! 😩 I literally tried everything to try to get it off and this was very very helpful! I have a Maytag range so I guess this seems to be an issue with these Whirlpool manufactured bulb covers. Also, as aforementioned in the comments, I'm glad I'm not the only human being that this issue is plaguing.
I'm glad it helped! 😀
Thank you! Same here...the glove trick worked. Still hard to get off, but your video was very helpful!
Awesome to hear the video helped! Thanks for watching!
Nice to see the reality that we all face when removing the bulb cover. Mine was just as hard.
It's crazy right!? I hope this video helped you out! Thanks for watching!
This used the limits of my strength and dexterity to get it off. Good thing I'm not an old widow with nobody to help me, or I'd just have to get used to cooking in the dark.
Yep. I’m cooking in the dark.
I had this issue yesterday. Squirted a little WD40 around the perimeter, let it soak a while and voila! It came right off. You’re welcome! Lol
I just tried this and it worked, thanks!
Nope, didn't work for me.
I'll pass on the WD. Petroleum distillate aroma doesn't pair well with lasagna
We used a hose clamp, and tightened it around the glass cover to grasp the glass more easily. A vise grip plier was clamped to the hose clamp and used to unscrew the cover. A quick tug was all it took to loosen the cover.
Wow, what a great idea! Thank you for sharing! And thanks for checking out the video!
I just did this myself. The trick is to heat the oven up to 170-200 degrees for an hour or so first (I turned it on and then went to the store to buy replacement bulb). That causes the aluminum housing for the glass to expand, making it easier to unscrew the glass cover by hand. No need to use special tools or lubricants.
YES oldest trick in the book right? I was wondering if this would work. Glad someone else has tried it. I almost gave up
Thanks for the Video... I just wrapped the outer glass with few wide rubber bands, it worked like a magic.
Thats a great idea! Thanks for sharing and for checking out the video!
I used the rubber gloves of gardening and boom it worked !! Thanks for the hack!!
Mine was so stuck I was about to remove the back cover of the oven ...lol ..Thanks for posting !
Just want to say thanks for posting. You made my life a little easier today.
I found a rubber shelf anti-slip piece about 6” square did the trick. Use leather gloves in case some glass breaks. My bulb was broken inside. POWER OFF. Thanks for the help.
The rubberized glove trick worked for me. Thanks for the demo!
Thank you so much for this video. Now I just have to find someone strong to remove the bulb cover. 🙂
Hope it helps! Thanks for checking it out!
Just using a rubber glove gave it the traction I needed. Was simple after that…thanks
Thank you! I ended up using some silicone spray and cleaned it thoroughly after.
I forgot I had a strap wrench til you mentioned it. Genius! I got that cover off in 20 seconds flat! Thanks😁😁😁
thank you this actually gave me the faith to keep trying with bare hands and eventually it did loosen and come out! (all that piano practice paid off :) )
I am so grateful to you for the gloves tip! Have not been able to get the cover off with my arthritic hands, and now.... :) Thankyou.
Thanks for being the guy to advise bulling your way through this removal.
THANK YOU for this video! I was hesitant to muscle the glass cover off of the bulb housing then found this video! It's amazing all of the "how-to" videos you can find on CZcams! The job is done and I have gone from zero to hero! I've subbed your channel! Cheers - Luther
Awesome! Thanks Luther! It means a lot!
It is manufactured so tight to stay in place when the oven is hot and metal parts extend a bit. So - let the oven catch some temperature and it will unscrew.
Great tip!
Good tip - I'll set my timer to let the oven cool for a half hour +/- as soon as I take the brownies out. Then I'll try your tip and let you know if it works.
This was brilliant! Worked like a charm. Heated to 300, let it sit for 5 minutes and it came right off with insulated rubber gloves. Thank You!
Thanks going to try this. do you need the replacement bulb ready to go back in when its still warm
@@jonathanpierce8822 did you replace the bulb when it was also warm or was the oven cold by then.
All other videos showed its easy thing to do I though something gone wrong until your video made me use wrench and it worked. I almost gave up not to brake anything lol.
Happy to help!! Thanks for checking it out!
A wrench!?! Yikes!
My family has been without an oven light on our whirlpool Accu-Bake model for more than 3 years, I tried way back when it went out to remove this cover thinking it was a special type of bulb, after seeing your how to presentation I was able to break the cover loose. I have a large 1/2" drive socket strap filter wrench I use to remove oil filters and fuel filters on large diesel engines,. ; I was skeptical at the possibility it would work because the cloth band was a full 2 inches wide. worked very nicely, however . .. could not grip this cover enough to grab otherwise. I do suggest once you have this cover off you repeat tightening and loosening this glass cover several times to work in some freedom to add ease of removal ..😀
Thank you for the idea of a strap wrench. Went out and got one and it worked! Couldn't budge it on my own.
You don’t need a strap wrench. I’ve been a mechanic for 10 years and don’t have one of those in my garage. I did however have a regular old plane Jane oil filter wrench. Worked a charm.
Thank you!! Was thinking I'd break the cover haha
Thank you for this video! I almost gave up and thankfully I had some homedepot gloves with the orange rubber on them that helped me out BIG TIME with getting a good grip! I was able to replace my light bulb. Thanks again!💪🏼
Awesome to hear! Thanks for watching!!
Thank you! I think the glass cover just bakes itself to the metal. I tried a rubber pad but it did not work. A rubber glove would have done the job, however, I didn’t have one. A jug opener does a good job pretty well too. One word of advice, don’t tighten the cover back too tight.
Mine is not covered but under the stove top. So glad to know it's a regular appliance 40w bulb like for the microwave hood light. Thanks
Thank You!! I'm glad I saw this because I threw in the towel after 8mos, but will take your pointers
Thanks for watching and good luck!
Thanks for the video! You can also try wiggling that cover in and out and that finally helped loosen mine. I suppose the heat over time just locks it in place. Ya gotta have some muscle on ya for this job! BE SAFE IT'S A GLASS COVER!! Hope this helps!🙂
Thank you very much after 2 years I could not open I saw your movie and with a glove it went really well thank you very much !!!
Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
The rubberized glove, (garden), worked perfectly!
How could three idiots give a thumbs down?
Your video was perfect
+Lance White Thanks for the support Lance!
I recently had to replace a light bulb in my oven with that type of cover. I didn't have those gloves, but I used a standard rubber jar opener - and it worked like a charm! (You're essentially opening a REALLY stuck jar lid.) Just took a little 'oomph' to get it to unscrew.
Just found this. exactly what I was looking for. !!!!!
An old style car oil filter wrench made it so easy !
I've been trying all week to get mine off!
Any luck?
Guess I'll need to add *un-screw re-screw oven bulb cover* to my 'monthly to do list' - provided I can get the cover off now to replace the bulb.
Yeah its kind of a pain. Hope the video helped. Thanks for checking it out!
The trick is to not think to much about it. Get in there and twist it. I believe in you. You can do it.
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I didn't have the same gloves as the video but I did have regular yellow kitchen gloves and that worked super easy to remove, just make sure they are dry and flip that breaker off to be safe.
Yes! Happy to hear you got to the bulb!
Thanks for showing the way. I don't want to make a huge mistake with such an appliance.
No problem! How did it go?
Ive the same problem but gave up as its in the 'roof' of the oven so difficult to get leaverage - i tried using a gripper gloves but just can't budge it. Such a bad design - to scared of breaking it.
Exact same problem with mine. It’s so far back in and towards the top that I can’t apply enough force to unscrew it. Dumbass design!
I used my smallest strap-filter wrench to twist it out. You can also use a rubber bungee - start at 1 o-clock and wrap to the left over itself and twist left.
Thank You!!!! Mine is stuck too! I'll try with some traction gloves.
OH my god! Thanks so much for this. Really helped me out. 😊
I was desperate but I just unscrew with WD-40 and rubber gloves, thank you guys for tips.
Did WD40 help - mine wont budge
@@markshirley01 so sorry, it did work for me, usually nothing works in my life, but this did work :)
A good way of getting the glass cover off, warm the oven to 200 C and let cool to about 50.
Use gloves with anti slip, turn anti clock wise. If not successful with gloves use that tool as showed or use pliers with tape wound over the tips. Warming it helps soften the grease . It worked for me while everything ells failed.
Good job. House projects...they are never as easy as they seem.
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Thanks, Beth!
I was struggling as well, I had just changed some ceramic cartridges in a tap using a plumbers wrench. I found that the jaws of the wrench would fit over the light. I did not use any pressure to squeeze on the glass but gently twisted the jaws against the raised sections of the glass dome and this freed the seized dome very quickly.
Used a tool made to remove lids from jars. It's the correct tool for the job.
Thank you great video!
The rubber glove worked! Thx
Fantastic!
Well done Sir.
Thanks for watching!
Well done? I prefer medium rare! ;o)
(Excellent video, but I can't resist a bad pun)
Thanks for the vids! I had the same problem, but finally made it through.
There’s a sharing that it was due to hardened grease in the seams of glass and mounting on oven.
I think it could be easier if we could heat the glass cover up using a hairdryer or just warm the oven up, that will loosen it up?
Thanks
Thank you, it worked! I used a disposable medical glove, because it was all that I had on hand. (Pun intended.)
It lit up my day seeing that the video helped you! (who doesn't like a pun!?😂) Thanks for watching!
Rubber gloves for washing dishes made it easy a lot of grip
Kieron devlin great tip!
Nope, didn't work on mine. I gave up trying.
Thanks for uploading this video. I was worried about forcing it, but turns out that's all it needed. God whirlpool makes crappy appliances.
Mine's a Maytag. Never could get the bulb out no matter what I tried. I gave up.
Yeah, good luck with THAT!! I've tried literally EVERYTHING! Gave up.
Thank you!
Thanks! Ours is Samsung (NX58H5600SS) was able to remove after much struggle.. lightly warmed up the oven then tried and the glass lid came of easily...
The first time I tried to unscrew the cover, it was tight. This time it was easy, but the bipod will on,y turn so far to the left and stop. I think I’m going to have to break it and use pliers to remove the rest.
Wow. have the same oven and was scared I was gonna break it. Glad I searched cause I got it off no problem after, it was just really stuck lol
Awesome to hear the video helped you out! Thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot this video helps me to get done
Awesome to hear! Thanks so much for checking out the video!
Thanks I used 2 inch tape as well so I could pull with my left hand
I just used an oil wrench which worked easily!
Yes! I wish I had one while I was doing this! Glad it worked out for you!
WD 40 and 15 minutes did the trick!
Nice! I didn't think of that!
I did think of that but I’m afraid to use it any oven ! is it safe ?
Thank you,thank you, after struggling for 20 minuts wd40 on a q tip did the trick. Thanks
Yep just a slight squirt on a slightly warm oven , sorted thanks
Rubber glove worked!!!
Nice! Happy to help!
I tried with a wrench (with an elastic or a towel to protect the cover) but no way, in the end, only trying harder with my hand finally did the trick.
Happy to hear you got it! Thanks for watching!
The best way to open a sticky lamp cover is to pre-heat the oven it should loosen grease. If not an oil filter wrench. good luck
Thank you. Great tip!!
Just take a rubber mallet or hammer / put hammer inside a rubber glove and smack the side of the cover 2-4 times . It will come loose and that just worked for me.
Good tip. Thanks!
The covers are stuck because of cook on grease. Spray it down with oven cleaner, and take door off hinges to get inside better so don't break the door.
They become glued on as the grease from cooking/broiling settles around the edges and seals it in place like glue!
Yup! Needs a whole lot of force to get it off. Hope the video helped!
Thanks I encountered same issue thought I might break something
Used a rubber strap wrench to remove it.
I have a NEFF and although the cover came off easily with all of the bulb bits in it from when it blew, the rest of it is stuck fast and we cannot remove it. Any thoughts please?
Thanks, man! 👊🏾
Thanks ❣
i used a small amount of WD-40 and it came undone easy after a few minutes, before this it was days of trying to free it
WD40 is highly flammable
I had to use an engine oil filter wrench to remove this.
I believe it! Hope this video helped you out!
PITA...I used a 12 inch pipe wrench and was able to remove it with a jaws perpendicular to the cover...jeesh
Could spread a little silicone on glass threads for easier removal next time.
Thank you. This was really helpful. That sucker is tough!
Spray a little WD-40 to the top of the protective glass cover. Use the straw and shoot it in at the top so it gets in the threads. Comes right off. Spray a little to the base of the light bulb. If you break the bulb off you will be really bummed. The threads on both are just really dry and therefore resist unscrewing.
I have heard a few people mention WD-40... Would you be worried about fire with it being in an oven??
Fixer: not going to catch fire or be toxic. It is a dry socket that benefits from some lubrication, Trust me on this.
The WD40 will smoke when the oven is turned on. I put the oven up high and let it burn off until no smoke.
what a great video, use a pair of gloves! How insightful!
Thank you!!!
I can't
believe what i did and it came off easily. Wd-40 just a bit wiped on the bulb...wait 10 minutes and a very easy twist....soooo hard at first...
Hey Barbara, a few people have mentioned this. Only thing I would be concerned about is the heat and wd-40... have you had any issues since you have done this?
@@TheFixerHomeRepair no problems.I washed down the light area and put the glass covering in the dishwasher to make sure I removed all the WD-40.....still very happy...thanks for the video
Unplug or use circuit breaker switch to cut power. Guess it is designed to expand/lock. (I was told that and didn’t believe them). Once unplugged it came off with minimum effort. But the glass on bulb was separated from screw in part 🤨 now I need to find a video on that.😂
Interesting. Thanks for the info! That is too bad that the bulb broke, make sure you definitely turn the power off when you attempt to take that out! Thanks for watching!
Mine is broken too, bulb separated from the screw part.