Oven Vent; Latch Switch-Upper And Lower; Door Latch Assembly; Latch Knob And Arm - Amana AGDS901 Service Manual

Disassembly Procedures
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Oven Vent

1. Turn off power to the range.
2. Remove maintop assembly and burner box.
3. Lift and slide dilution flue off of the flueway.
4. Remove oven door and oven racks.
5. Remove broil burner mounting screws and carefully
pull burner and ignitor assembly forward to allow
access to oven vent mounting screws located at
upper section of oven tank.
6. Remove oven vent mounting screws.
7. Move oven vent slightly towards left side of range and
lift vent out of top insulation retainer opening.
8. Remove oven flueway and transfer it to replacement
vent.
9. Inspect oven vent gasket for wear or damage.
Replace it if worn or damaged.
10.Reverse procedures to reassemble.
Latch Switch—Upper and Lower
1. Turn off power to the range.
2. Remove maintop assembly and burner box.
3. Remove screws securing switch to switch mounting
bracket.
4. Disconnect wire leads from switch. Label wire leads
for correct replacement.
NOTE: Latch switch mounting bracket can also be
removed/replaced by removing mounting
bracket mounting screws.
5. Reverse procedures to reassemble.
NOTE: Verify switch insulators are in place when
mounting switches to the bracket.

Door Latch Assembly

1. Turn off power to the range.
2. Remove maintop assembly and burner box.
3. Remove latch arm mounting screws and slide arm
through opening in the front frame.
4. Remove latch switch mounting bracket mounting
screws.
5. Remove thermal fan switch mounting screws and
locknuts. Move thermal fan switch and latch switch
and bracket assembly to the side to allow removal of
latch assembly.
6. Loosen latch hold down bracket mounting screw and
move bracket off of the latch assembly.
7. Remove screws securing latch mounting bracket
assembly to front frame.
8. Lift the rear of latch assembly to allow removal of
latch bi-metal and cover through top insulation
retainer opening and then slide assembly to the rear
to allow removal of latch catch through the front
frame opening.
WARNING
Unplug power source and shut off gas suppl before servicing,
unless testing requires it.
9. Remove screws securing door latch to latch mounting
bracket.
10. Transfer latch cover plate and cover plate insulation
to replacement latch.
11. Reverse procedures to reassemble.

Latch Knob and Arm

Latch knob is secured to latch arm by one retaining
screw. To remove knob, remove mounting screw and
slide knob off of the latch arm.
The latch arm is mounted to the door latch with two
mounting screws. Access to latch arm mounting screws
requires maintop assembly and burner box removal.
Follow maintop assembly and burner box removal
procedures. Remove two latch arm mounting screws
and slide arm out through front frame opening.

Thermal Fan Switch

1. Turn off power to the range.
2. Remove maintop assembly and burner box.
3. Disconnect thermal fan switch wire leads.
4. Remove switch mounting screws and locknuts and
remove switch.
5. Reverse procedures to reassemble.

Thermal Hi-Limit Switch Oven

1. Turn off power to the range.
2. Turn off and disconnect gas supply to the range.
3. Disconnect downdraft venting ductwork and remove
range from cabinet.
4. Remove rear shield mounting screws and carefully
remove shield.
5. Remove rear wire cover mounting screws and
carefully remove cover.
6. Disconnect hi-limit switch wire leads.
7. Remove hi-limit switch mounting screws and remove
switch.
8. Reverse procedures to reassemble.

Spark Module

1. Turn off power to the range.
2. Remove storage drawer.
3. Remove screws securing cover box to storage
drawer heat shield at left front of the range.
4. Disconnect spark module wire leads. Label leads for
correct replacement during reassembly.
5. Remove spark module mounting screws and nuts
and remove module.
6. Reverse procedures to reassemble.
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