Do-It-Yourself Story

3 year old Kenmore dishwasher leaking from bottom of dishwasher down a plastic shaft actuated by a rectangular electrical unit (diverter valve motor). I called ApplianceParts Pros and they told me it was the rubber grommet located in the sump housing that seals the water from leaking down the diverter shaft. I ordered the part (W10195677) and watched the video they had showing the repair procedure. When I started the repair I found the inside of my washer was somewhat different from the video since the video was a Whirlpool dishwasher. I called to confirm how to disassemble the pump housing to get to the rubber grommet. I first removed the diverter motor & shaft from the bottom of the dishwasher by removing 2 star head screws & squeezed the plastic clip to release & drop the diverter assembly. I then removed the bottom wash arm from inside the washer by turning the cap counter clockwise; then removed the spray mechanism that attached with metal clips from the top arm & back arm and pulled the assembly to the right to withdraw the tubes sticking into the bottom pump assembly. I then removed the strainer basket & the sump cover by releasing plastic retainers & rotating the cover counter clockwise. The diverter is a round plastic disk w/ a hole that diverts the water. The rubber grommet is under the diverter disk. I removed the grommet w/ needle noise pliers & cleaned the grommet cavity, then installed the new rubber Grommet with the sealed side down. You should be able to see the metal spring retainer inside the grommet from inside the washer. Next I installed the diverter motor from the back bottom of the washer and then went back inside to install the diverter disk. This allowed me to install the diverter assembly without having to try to align the diverter motor shaft spline to the position of the diverter disk. I then re-installed the interior components and ran a short test cycle. Success!