Broken door spring on kitchenaid dishwasher

Apr 30, 2009

-   broken door spring-   Guest

Dec 31, 2008

-   I have KitchenAid KUDP01FLSS3 and the spring or whatever makes the door feel light just broke. Is there a recall or anything. Can I fix myself? -   Sherry807

Sep 05, 2008

-   I fixed my door by myself since I had no time to find and purchase the broken part. You need to pull the dishwasher out, then look at both sides of the door: you will figure out how it works in a second!
There is a cord with a plastic part at each end. One side attaches to a spring (which has probably popped away and is "hiding" somewhere beaneth the dishwasher) and the other to a level on the door. The cord goes through two pulleys.
I simply got a $2 cord used to dry laundry (nylon 50 lb max load) passed through the plastic part that hooks on the lever, securing it with a simple Savoia knot.
Then measured the lenght of the cord on the other side, and connected the new cord with the old one AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE SPRING (if the knot is not next to the spring, it will get stuck in the pulley!!!!)
Then I hooked my repaired piece to the lever, passed the cord through the pulleys, and conneected to the spring. Before putting the dishawashed back, open and close the door to make sure the knot connecting the two ropes is not getting stuck anywhere. Not sure of the name of the know I used, just go to a boating site and pick one that is used to connect two ropes and is self-tightening.-   Guest

Sep 05, 2008

-   Same thing happened to us this week. Luckily, I came across a how-to that includes a link to the part before I called for service.
-   Guest

Sep 04, 2008

-   It's heartening to hear I'm not alone. It looks like the problem is not in the door. My guess is we need to pull the dishwasher out to see if the pulley systems are accessible. In SQUEAKY DOOR ( NOT KUDS01FKSS specifically)""""About that noisy door. I wrote you that the spring, or something had broken in my dishwasher door. In trying to figure out what we needed to do to fix that, we discovered that the door has a pully type system to make the door open and close correctly. The part that broke is the "tensioner" I think. (page 24 of the installation instructions if you have this document). The pully system consists of a spring, a cable and a pully type devise. My husband put some plumbing silicon grease on the pully wheel and that stopped the horrible noise. (We could see where the plastic wheel had been grinding away and leaving a powder or dust behind). We also replaced the cord piece on both sides since it had already broken on one side and was beginning to break on the other side. 
We ordered parts through Sears. The part number on the bag is 8194001; Link DW. There is also a CODE071508. We ordered two sets as that is what we were told we needed. But each package has one pully unit and two cords, so one package would have done the job. The two sets with shipping and handling, and tax came to close to $50. But my dishwasher door seems to be good as new, finally."""" I was also led to the installation page  About that noisy door. I wrote you that the spring, or something had broken in my dishwasher door. In trying to figure out what we needed to do to fix that, we discovered that the door has a pully type system to make the door open and close correctly. The part that broke is the "tensioner" I think. (page 24 of the installation instructions if you have this document). The pully system consists of a spring, a cable and a pully type devise. My husband put some plumbing silicon grease on the pully wheel and that stopped the horrible noise. (We could see where the plastic wheel had been grinding away and leaving a powder or dust behind). We also replaced the cord piece on both sides since it had already broken on one side and was beginning to break on the other side. 

We ordered parts through Sears. The part number on the bag is 8194001; Link DW. There is also a CODE071508. We ordered two sets as that is what we were told we needed. But each package has one pully unit and two cords, so one package would have done the job. The two sets with shipping and handling, and tax came to close to $50. But my dishwasher door seems to be good as new, finally.
About that noisy door. I wrote you that the spring, or something had broken in my dishwasher door. In trying to figure out what we needed to do to fix that, we discovered that the door has a pully type system to make the door open and close correctly. The part that broke is the "tensioner" I think. (page 24 of the installation instructions if you have this document). The pully system consists of a spring, a cable and a pully type devise. My husband put some plumbing silicon grease on the pully wheel and that stopped the horrible noise. (We could see where the plastic wheel had been grinding away and leaving a powder or dust behind). We also replaced the cord piece on both sides since it had already broken on one side and was beginning to break on the other side. 
We ordered parts through Sears. The part number on the bag is 8194001; Link DW. There is also a CODE071508. We ordered two sets as that is what we were told we needed. But each package has one pully unit and two cords, so one package would have done the job. The two sets with shipping and handling, and tax came to close to $50. But my dishwasher door seems to be good as new, finally."""
There is a page in the installation manual (not ours) that looks interesting. It's probably doable with two people. Need to check out these parts #s. wturley@socal.rr.com -   wturley