Ge WD7X14 Dishwasher Door Cable OEM Part

First replaced the latch, spring, and lever, but no improvement. Then I saw the lever arm on the other half of the door, which by position had to be the way that the timer interacts with the soap dispenser. After turning off the power to the dishwasher, I removed the switch cover (not obvious how -- a video would help: on the left, I slid the narrow rectangular plastic wire cover a little to one side and gently opened it on its little hinge, which is near the left side of the door, and then I was able to slide up and lift the plastic cover for the switch. I removed two screws from the top of the switch, and it lifted out. There I saw that the plastic arm had a spring dangling loose from its end that had been hidden under the switch cover. I also saw that there was a plastic post on the door that was supposed to anchor the loose end of the switch. Inspired by other advice on this site, I drilled a hole into the middle of the base for the broken post, using the narrowest drill bit that I have. I had to scrape away plastic curls melted from the drill, and then I gently but firmly inserted a 5/8-inch wedge nail that just fit in the hole, using my thumb. I didn't need the super glue that I'd thought, because the nail fit tightly. This is like a finishing nail, only it's got a bit of a flat head so that the spring can't slide off the end. I hooked the loose end of the spring into the nail, put back the switch and its cover, and closed up the door the same way that the video for replacing the soap dispenser latch showed. Working great! Took me a long time because of investigating, but if I'd worked the problem systematically and known how to disassemble the switch, probably 20 minutes would have been enough. Oh, and I also replaced the door spring. A video would be helpful for this, too. Used only a screwdriver, and it took about 30 minutes because I had to figure out how it was put together. By the way, this washer has two cables and two springs -- I recommend buying all four parts if you're going to get into the problem anyway. People on phone at AppliancePartsPros were patient and well-informed. I'll go back for future repairs.

This unit has two cables which each wind around a pulley on the far left and right of the unit, just under the door. One end of the cable connects to the door, and the other end connects to the springs, one on each side. The cables wrap around the pulleys. When the door opens, the springs stretch and counterweight the door. I took off the lower panel, hooked the cables to the old springs, installed the cables, and reinstalled the lower panel. Total time about 10 minutes.

After removing the bottom panel of the dishwasher, I found there were two cables connected by two springs, and that these create the tension and resistance on the door when opening it. One of the cables was broken. I ordered two new cables. For less than $25.00 and ten minutes of my time, I was able to fix the problem the door falling open.

Purchased 2 replacement door cables to replace the one broken and the other used one. The dishwasher is over 25 years old and this is the first time a cable has broken. I ended up taking a lot of the door apart and attempted to ull the washer out from under the cabinet. After doing all of that, I found that I could have accomplished the replacement by removing the 2 screws on the front of the bottom kick plate and tipping it upwards to gain access to the location of the door cables and springs. I used the old springs and installed the 2 new cables easily. If I had realized this at the beginning, the repair would have been about 15 minutes.

Attached cable end to fixed catch. Attached other end cable to floating spring