Recent content by jburdman7

'Maker' options Given the poor material the OEM fan was made of, and its forming a critical dimension in the machine, I'm calling 'planned obsolescence.' The fun thing about planned obsolescence is that once you work around it, the machine can become immortal. I am assuming that my problem is...

Obviously a major malfunction Yes, the impeller has straight vanes. There was major crust where the ceramic washer sat so I went chipping away at it. While chipping, the carbon seal fell apart. I figured it had been too sensitive to move out of the way... perhaps I should have tried, or...

I thank you kindly. This eBay listing has the impeller and seal kit for a 16 as #4160551. I know appliance manufaturers are famous for using a dozen numbers for the same part. Does anyone know if this would work or be a mistake? It's 'only' $23...

After seeing that you get a new impeller with a shaft seal I figured I had nothing to lose in pulling at the impeller. I see now the the top impeller is splined / keyed to the shaft and the bottom impeller is splined / keyed to top impeller. I found the ceramic seal cracked in two. O.D. 7/8"...

This KA was purchased by my parents around 1974. Because of its longevity the sales experience has become legend here... they asked for a GE and the salesman said, "What would you want a GE for? These are much better"- and the rest is history. I believe my parents replaced the fill valve and...