Lg 4970ED4004D Dishwasher Door Hinge Spring OEM Part

I went to AppliancePartsPros.com and looked at the parts breakdown for the door. I had assumed a broken spring or cable so I found and ordered them. Having never changed them on an LG, I watched the video. I now new what to do. The hardest part of the whole job was pulling out the dishwasher to get at the springs and cables. There was enough slack in the hoses and wire to get it out without disconnecting them. Start to finish took less than thirty minutes.

I did not know which part broke, but it was very obvious once I moved the Dishwasher out of the cabinet. The "cable" is nylon cord, so I imagine this would be sacrificial part on every machine.

Replace spring and rope on door

I'm from the boomer generation, so I have owned a number of dishwashers and this wasn't the first time I have had this happen. I immediately went to my computer and ordered both the spring and the cable door hinge assembly from AppliancePartsPros.com The price for the parts was reasonable so since I wasn't sure which part broke, I just ordered both. The parts were shipped the same day, however the shipping was a little high since could have been mailed for about half the price and I would have had the parts in the morning until having to wait for UPS to deliver in the late afternoon (not supplier fault though!). Anyway, with the dishwasher, I only had to remove the bottom cover plate and the top mounting screws and pull dishwasher out about four inches. Removed the spring and the broken hinge cable and replaced them. The worst part was stretching the spring to connect the two parts. A pair of vice grips solved the problem. It took about 20 minutes to complete the repair.

Had to disconnect water, drain line, and electrical. Then pull all the way out and take sides off of dishwasher to replace cable. Took longer to do all that than to replace cable.