Minor Adjustments You Can Make - Sears Kenmore 73611 Use, Care, Safety Manual

Minor Adjustments You Can Make
Broil and Oven Burner
Air Adjustment Shutters
The combustion quality of burner flames needs to be
determined visually. See the Installation Instructions
and the Problem Solver sections in this book. Air
adjustment shutters for the top (broil) and bottom
burners regulate the flow of air to the flames,
The air adjustment shutter for the top (broil) burner is
in the center of the rear wall of the oven, (See the
Installation Instructions in this book°)
The flames for the top (broil) burner should burn
steady with approximately 1" blue cones and should
not extend out over the edges of the burner baffler
To determine if the bottom burner flames are
proper, remove the oven bottom and the burner baf-
fle,
To remove the oven bottom:
1, Remove the knurled screws
holding down rear of oven
bottom,
2. Grasp the oven bottom at
finger slots on each side, _-,\ Oven
3. Lift the rear of the oven bot- Bottom
tom enough to clear the lip of the range frame, then
pull out,.
Burner Remove
on some models
To remove the burner baffle (on some models), use
a nut driver to remove the 1/4" hex head screw shown
in the illustration above. Do not remove any other
screws., Pull baffle straight out until it is free from the
slot that holds it at rear of oven.
The shutter for the bottom burner is near the back walt
behind the storage drawer°
To adjust the flow of air to either burner, loosen the
Phillips head screw and rotate the shutter to allow
more or less air into the burner tube as needed. The flames should have t/2" to 3/4" blue cones with
no yellow tipping. When the baffle is back in place, the
flames will resettle,
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