Bosch dishwasher panic

[sudsmaster]

I took some photos of the sink drain hole and flange, before and after installing the new disposer...

 

As you can see, there's quite a drop-off due to the curvature of the sides of the drain hole. Compounding this is that the flange that comes with the disposer is kind of flimsy - quite thin stainless backed up by thin plastic. The old was was quite dented by simple usage soon after install, as I expect this one soon will be also.

 

Somewhere I have a kit for modifying the Titan to accept a more traditional flange, but  I decided it would be more work than I was prepared for. Plus I'm not sure where I stashed it .

 

Anyway despite the numerous dents, the old one didn't seem to leak even after 20 years. Knock on plumber's putty.

 

 

[iowabear]

Finished result looks great.  My disposer has been in place for 17 years now and the rubber part in the flange just looks terrible.  Kind of ratty and torn in places.

 

[sudsmaster]

You could probably order a new flange.

 

Which reminds me: the old disposer flapper and "throat" were not very nice. Full of gunk. I have in the past used a special brush to scrub it, but it's kind of unpleasant. Is there any other way to clean those parts?