Whirlpool WP4211334 Garbage Disposal Splash Guard OEM Part

Removed disposal after disconnecting plumbing. Removed supporting bracket and old splash guard. Pushed new guard onto top of disposal, reconnected supporting bracket. The hard part was pushing the disposal back onto the support bracket and rotating it into place. Disposal is heavy and I needed to lever it into position and hold it with the lever, it takes two hands to rotate the disposal tight. I am not fond of plumbing; I always seem to have a leak after trying to fix something. So far so good!

I installed a Kitchen Aid 3/4 HP disposer in 1994 to replace the junky builder's unit that came with the house. I wanted a wham-jam model, but was told they didn't make them anymore. Over time, the splash guard got torn up and became quite ineffective. I've wanted to replace it for some time, but it wouldn't pull out through the sink flange. On these models you actually must dis-mount the unit from the sink flange assy. because the splash guard doubles as a seal. I was a little concerned because Appliance Parts Pros didn't list my particular model. Mine is a KCD1250-X2, but they list only the X and X3 variants for some reason. But it turned out the splash guard listed for the others fit mine OK. After dropping the unit, popping off the old splash guard, and installing the new one, the hardest part of the job was holding the unit up tight to the sink flange with one hand while getting the locking ring started in all three grooves with the other hand. Other than that, it's a piece of cake.

Watched a YouTube video that showed how to release disposal from under the sink, remove old splash guard and snap new one into place. Then reconnected disposal and voila! Good as new!

Piece of cake, just had to replace old dried out rubber gaskets. Parts came to the house very quickly

Handyman installed