Do-It-Yourself Story

Replaced circulation motor,and cleaned the chopper. Followed directions online. The biggest effort is removing and reinstalling the dishwasher. This can be a real chore. Wear gloves or you will get cut on the metal dishwasher frame (very sharp edges). Motor was difficult to remove. Just didn't want to come out. Took 10 to 15 minutes of working at it. New one went in really easily. Getting at the chopper is not a problem. The supply tube was snapped to the interior in at two places and required no tools for complete removal. Lower spray arm removal was tricky. Be careful when reinstalling, as it is easy to damage threads in spray arm. Chopper area was filled with toothpicks, cherry pits, glass shards and other debris. Took 20 minutes to thoroughly clean. Runs much better now. I am sure water flow was greatly restricted. No motor noise now. Just water cleaning