How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP2027827 / WB30X342 Electric Range 6-Inch Surface Heating Element

Removed the defective burner labeled the leads as to their location and coil connections. Replaced the connections to the corresponding locations, 1 to 1, 2 to 2 and the bridged terminal as it was. I noticed that the coils in the replacement burner were not wound in the same direction as the original burner and made note of this. I did not think much of this at the time, but on turning the power back on and lighting up the burners I noticed up they were not lighting up the corresponding elements. On Hi all the elements lit up, on medium hi the front burner did not correspond as the others did so I reversed leads 1 and 2 and now all the elements are corresponding as the others, the exception the rear (6") burner is dim on med-hi but the replacement burner is lighting up as all the others except the rear burner which is dimmed on med-hi as I said previously. The front burner is lighting up as the two larger burners do on all the other settings. My Range has two small elements, front and rear and two larger elements left and right. The stove was installed back in 1963 and is almost in the same condition as the day it was installed in the house I built. My now deceased wife of 64 years took excellent care of it and is a tribute to her. I hope this is in detail as well as I could put it to be understood by others. Thank you for your rescue of the replacement burner .The replacement took me about 1 hour to replace since I do not go up and down stairs as fast as I once was able at 87 years of age and I did this in my spare moments. 

Ordering the right part is the key. This is the element with 3 wire connectors NOT the usual kind with 2 prongs that slide in. Thank goodness this company carries these elements for old GE built-in stoves. I'm not super handy but replaced two in about 40 min. Make sure you save the old ceramic clamps. The three prongs of the element with connected wires need to fit completely in the ceramic grooves so the two sides can be clamped together. The new element comes with everything you need but the new ceramic pieces don't fit as well so I ended up reusing the old ones. 

I bought your replacements & reinstalled "new" vintage 4 prong burner elements. 

It took me a total of 10 minutes to remove the old, put side by side and transfer wires, and put the new one in! Very simple fix for a 40+ year old GE range. 

Replaced element. 

Ordered and replaced one 6" surface unit. 

Changed out part. 

A new one from u 

I purchased two replacement burners. One task which could have gone either way is that on this stove, the burners mount onto trim rings. It was a challenge to remove the old burners from the rings without bending the sixty year-old rings, but I was ultimately able to do it. The alternative would have been to buy new trim rings, but it's unlikely that the replacements would have exactly matched the look (and aged patina) of the original ones. Important safety note - route the electric wires through the ceramic holder's channel, to the side. Don't just go out the back, as wear over time could damage the wires if routed improperly. All told, this work took about twenty minutes per burner, most of which was fussing with the trim ring. The old stove is running on all burners, and the vintage look of the kitchen is still there. Thanks to AppliancePartsPros for stocking the replacement parts for this project! 

Ordered parts and replaced same