How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP3184331 / WB15X10069 Microwave Door Handle

Ordered a new handle took off the cover inside door. have to be very careful. Their is plastic tab that break off very easily. Had to take off inner cover also to get to the screws. This microwave was not very well thought out. The housing other screws are made of plastic this handle will break again. Very frustrating. Poor design. But I am enjoying my handle back on my microwave 

Ordered the handle from AppliancePartsPros.com then watched this youtube.com video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRdy7CzznxY and was very careful and fixed it (although I did break a few of the tabs mentioned in the video). :) 

It was very hard to get the broken handle off. We were going to pay a technician because we could not figure out how to get the door plates off it get to the handle. It took my husband and myself an hour and only because of the questions and answers and the video on your website were we able to replace the handle ourselves. You have to remove the outer and plate using putty knives. Then remove the six screws on the inner plate and very carefully force this plate off to get to the bottom screw. It was time consuming and hard to hold the door in place as it's an overhead micro/convection oven. We saved about $150.00 using Appliance Parts Pros. 

I tried to glue it, but it was not strong enough. I bought a new handle and replaced it. That required some disassembly of the door. The plastic piece on the inside had to be removed. The front of the door also had to be partially removed in order to uncover the bottom screw on the handle. I found that the holes in the new handle were a couple millimeters too shallow. I filed down the screws so that I would not split the new handle trying to get it tightened down. Seems solid now. 

Replaced the handle. Parts break down on the site aided me in determining how to disasemble the door. The replacement handle was installed in several minutes. Wife is happy and I didn't have to pay for a service call. This is the third time I ordered parts. Each time was a pleasant experience. I will continue to use appliancepartspros for all my appliance repair parts. 

Repairing was rather simple. The hardest part was dismantling the hinged door. If you have some general mechanical knowledge and patience this task can easily be accomplished. But bear in mind that replacing these parts also means replacing the plastic cover that everything is hiding behind. And that cover has 8 tabs holding it in place and removing it will more than likely break the tabs. 

Order the part and watched the video on how to do the repair. My oven wasn't exactly like the one in the video but I felt confident trying the repair anyway with the instructions on the video. 

Order parts from Appliancepartspros.com Parts arrived next morning( Very fast delivery-Ordered 4pm evening before) Found video on Youtube with exact instructions. 

Bought replacement handle and back cover. 

Replace the handle