How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP2031097 / WB44X5099 Oven Heating Element

Replaced element. 

Ordered new element, with excellent assistance in choosing correct one by Shelly at Appliance Parts. Element arrived in a few days, cost very reasonable, appears well-made. 

Bought a new one. 

DJ looked up 46 old manual. Found a time 20 years ago we replaced the burner. Ordered on line from Appliance Pros. Got part 3 days later. Replaced burner. Everything works. Thanks Appliance Pros. 

Went on AppliancePartsPros and had the chat help find the heating element for this old GE oven. Received the part and replaced it which was very simple and the oven works great 

I ordered the part, turned off the power, took the shield off the back wall of the oven, took the part out that looked like the new part, put the new one in it’s place, retightened the screws, replaced the back shield and it worked. My secret to getting the screws back into the holes on the back of the oven (without dropping them!) was to dip them in jelly so they’d stick to my nut driver and it works! 

Ordered part from appliance parts, watched video on how to install 

Ordered from Appliance Parts Pros, was not the cheapest but the customer service individual took their time and located part for my electric stove that I have had since 1972 when the house was built.. Received part and completed installation in about 20 minutes. When retied and on limited income it was the individuals assistance that is why I ordered the part at Appliance Parts Pros. Bill C. September 4 2018 

The rear/base of the element is screwed into the oven with two sheet metal type screws and behind that, there are two wires with eyelet terminals that screw onto the element. First, I disconnected power to the oven at the circuit breaker. Next, I used a screw driver to pull out & remove the bad heating element and then used the new screws that came with the new element to re-attach the two wires to the new element. Note, after removing the wires from the bad element, I was very careful to not let the wires fall back into the oven cavity. After re-attaching the base of the element to the rear of the oven, I turned the circuit breaker back on and tested it out. The new element worked great. Also, the price for this part from AppliancePartsPros.com was nearly 1/2 as much as local stores who happened to have this part in stock. My new part shipped the same day I ordered it, and it came within 3 days--which was totally acceptable with me. I also liked that AppliancePartsPros.com had a helpful instructional video on replacing heating elements. 

After shopping around for prices (GE wanted $75 plus $9 s&h), I ordered it from AppliancePartsPros for $37. We removed the old one, connected the new one and it works great.