Ge WB26X186 Motor - Turntable OEM Part

My husband and I purchased the turntable motor through AppliancePartsPros.com, which was a deal compared to other companies. We made the project much more difficult than it had to be. We have a built-in GE Profile Spacemaker, which of course, is built-in, to our cabinetry. We removed the microwave without incident, but we were a bit confused which part of the bottom panel to remove. There was a circular, metal "plate" covering - what we strongly believed was - the motor. However, since this was the first time the motor had been replace, the metal plate had not been tampered with and the metal connectors were still intact. There were thin sections of metal cover attached on each side to the main bottom panel. This confused us. We questioned as to whether we should snip the metal attachments and remove the plate (which, in the end, we learned was correct) but not before having a major issue. So...we removed all of the screws on the bottom panel and discovered that something dropped inside. We had to make a special trip for a special tool to remove the side panels, learning that what we removed inside was the capacitor. Yikes! Carefully, and protecting ourselves from any high voltage shock, we had to refasten it. Then we replaced the panels. From that point, it was a "piece of cake". Had we not removed all of the screws and opted to remove only the circular, metal panel, the job would have been completed in less than one hour. But in the end, the microwave was repaired without serious injury or damage. Just a warning for those who have the same type of microwave. Be cautious as to which screws you remove from the bottom panel.

Removed microwave from cabinet. Opened "door' on bottom of microwave. Removed one screw and unhooked two wires. Replaced turntable motor (inserted two wires and replaced screw), returned microwave to cabinet.

Removed the bottom plate, removed the broken motor and replaced it with the new motor. The issue was that the removing the bottom plate was not as easy as the video showed it to be. The plate was under a lip on the right and left side panels, attached to the bottom door hinge and had a lip under the control panel on the front. After taking our over 12 screws on the bottom and the screws on side panels (which had to be pulled back because the side panels are part of one big piece that covers the exterior of the unit except for the front of the micro wave) the bottom was removed and the motor was changed. That was the easy part. Putting it back was much easier than taking it apart.

Ordered new turntable motor. Received new motor and installed, 5 minute fix. Worked!