Replacing Oven Light Bulb - Amana ASE7000 Service Manual

Disassembly
To avoid the risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitors
before following any disassembly procedure.
Top Antennas
1. See "Component Location" Figure 1, for location.
2. Remove outer case and grease shield.
3. Remove gear retainer from plastic gear.
4. While supporting antenna, carefully pry gear from
antenna shaft.
5. Remove nylon washer from antenna shaft.
6. Remove antenna from oven cavity.
NOTE: Important items when re-installing antenna:
• Place nylon washer between gear and cavity.
• On 3-tube ovens, top gears must be aligned as
shown below.
Retainer, gear
Front Gear
(Gray)
Nylon washer
Three Tube Ovens
Retainer, gear
Front Gear
(Gray)
Nylon washer
Two Tube Ovens
!
WARNING
Blue tips
Top Front ONLY
Bottom Antenna
1. Remove oven tray, see "Oven Tray Removal"
procedure.
2. Lay oven on it's left side and open oven door.
3. Remove bottom access cover.
4. Remove gear retainer from plastic gear.
5. While supporting antenna, carefully pry gear from
antenna shaft.
6. Remove nylon washer from antenna shaft.
7. Remove antenna from oven cavity.
NOTE: Important items when re-installing antenna:
• Place nylon washer between gear and cavity.
Antenna Motors
1. Remove outer case from oven.
2. Remove wires connected to antenna motor.
3. Remove screws securing motor assembly to cavity.
4. Remove motor from unit.
5. Reassemble in reverse order
NOTE: On 3-tube models, top antenna gears must be
aligned as illustrated in "Top Antennas"
procedure.
Oven Tray Removal / Installation
1. Using a utility knife, cut RTV seal around perimeter
of tray.
2. Using a heat gun, apply heat to front lip of tray to
release hot melt glue.
3. Pry upward on front lip of tray to remove.
4. Thoroughly remove all traces of old RTV and
degrease the tray, cavity bottom, walls, and front
flange.
5. Place tray in center of cavity. Do not allow tray to
touch side walls.
6. Apply a generous bead of RTV sealent around
perimeter of tray.
7. Apply a light water spray to the fresh RTV sealent.
8. Using RTV scrapper, Amana part # R0000039,
remove excess RTV.
NOTE: Allow RTV to set for 1 hour before using.
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