How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP2634798 / WB30X356 Range 6 Inch Surface Burner Element

Turned off the breaker that provided power to the range top, removed the old surface elements, cleaned up the range top completely and installed the new elements. Took three hours to clean up the range top, forty five minutes to install the four elements. Clean up was the hardest part of the project. 

I replaced all of the burners in the 1955 GE cooktop. You replacement parts fit perfectly! 

Ordered parts and replaced. The burner element came with all parts necessary for replacing. 

Removed and replaced each, one at a time. 

I want to extend a big thank you to Garrett Collins for helping find the right part for this old stovetop range. He provided exceptional customer service finding the right part for me. The cooktop stove was my mother's and holds many happy memories of the wonderful family meals she cooked. The repair went smoothly. I am very pleased to have the 4th burner working again! Thank you!! 

I have a GE J426003WH11 (this site does not have record of that model range. another site has it at J426*03. Nevertheless, I was able to locate the correct parts and purchase them here. I successfully replaced all burners - very intuitive once I figured out how to pull one off. The new parts mirrored the old perfectly. I also replaced a 6 button burner switch. The new part was an exact fit and is working great! 

Replaced the 6" burner and the 8" in front and the drip pans on under all 4 elements. 

The last time this happened, I shotgunned all four burners (2-6" and 2-8") and drip pans as one failure is usually the "canary in the coal mine" of more failures. This time I was unable to get the genuine GE Calrod 8" burners from APP and was forced to buy some knock-offs from one of your competitors. The 6" burners were all I could get from APP along with the quality drip pans. Replacement of the burners is fairly easy with a 1/4" nut driver and pliers to hold the element contacts in place as the screw is tightened on the terminal. Cleaning of the cooktop under the burner locations takes as long as replacing the parts! I ohm'd out the defective 8" burner and it had almost twice the resistance of the remaining good working one. I kept the burners that still worked as spares and junked the bad ones. 

Ordered new burners and installed them. Amazed that you still carry these parts, we have a 55 yr. Old stove, still running. 

I removed all four of the elements and checked each for continuity and total resistance. One was open circuited and another had excessively high resistance. I ordered a 6 inch and an 8 inch elements from Appliance Parts Pros, and when they arrived two days early, I inventoried the parts. Everything was correct, and I installed the new elements in a half hour. That evening, my lovely bride tested both elements cooking dinner, and I was treated to roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, string beans, and stewed squash. Proves once again that there is value in both D-I-Y and selecting Appliance Parts Pros.