Whirlpool W10491987 Foam Seal, 1 Piece OEM Part

I have a 10 year old Kitchenaid double oven with warming drawer below and electrical connection is located in cabinet below. I order a service manual from http://www.allrepairmanuals.com. If you have the service manual follow it, it walks a technician thru each step. If you don't have a manual here are a few highlights. Disclaimer the following is for my oven model KEBS208DBL8, your oven service steps may vary. IMPORTANT! First step turn-off the power to the oven (mine was a 40 amp breaker) at your homes power distribution panel. Flip circuit breaker to off position and use a lock on the breaker to ensure it remains off. The voltage may not kill you but the current in the circuit may very well ruin your day. Verify at oven that power has been disconnected (no lights on control panel). Since I am working alone I built a sturdy table that I could slide the oven onto so I could work on it; saving my back. Make sure to order the "Door Removal Pin Kit" this is key since the doors make up the majority of the ovens weight. With door fully open slide in the pins on each hinge. Close the door as far as possible and lift door upwards to disengage the hinges from the oven frame. To remove oven from cabinet you need to remove the oven frame side rails. Easy to do there is one screw near bottom of each rail. Remove screw and lift and pull outward from bottom to disengage top of rail. Now you have access to mounting screws holding oven to cabinet. Note slide the oven out about 6 inches or so in order to remove the bottom plastic vent cover; 1 screw on each side. You need to remove this plastic cover or you risk damaging it when you set the oven down; I did. The upper blower motor requires you to remove the oven back (11 screws). The back is simply a sheet metal shield to protect cabinet back and provide air channel for heat ventilation; it also covers other electrical components and the "convection" fan if so equipped. While not required I removed sheet metal from top of oven as well for easier access and cleaning of surrounding area. Removal of the blower motor requires you disconnect two wires from blower motor; spade connectors pull off easily. Pay attention to which wire connects to which terminal; make a note of take a picture with your phone camera. The blower is held in with 4 screws. To install the blower, reverse the steps above. Note that I ordered the Cooling Blower Kit, however it turned out I only needed the blower unit and the foam seal. Good Luck

Replaced lower blower assembly. No small task for a double oven. Actual repair time 1 hour. Total time a bit longer. Easiest way to accomplish this is to build a roller dolly to slide under the oven as you pull it from the wall. Make it between one quarter and one half inch higher than the bottom of the oven. Easier to lift the front of the oven on removal than attempting to lift the back up as it goes back in. Blower motor is inside the back of the oven. Pull the two sheet metal back panels. Disconnect the two spade connectors to the fan assembly. Re attach the new one. Button the back up and slide back into the wall.

It was relatively easy to replace it. Some suggestions: 1. Make a platform to support the oven when you slide it out of the cabinet. Make the platform sturdy because this thing is heavy. Make the platform the same height as the cabinet so that you can just slide it out and back in without having to lift it. 2. The fan is secured with about 5 sheet metal screws plus there are 3 screws on the top that the fan slides under when you loosen them. However you can't fit a screw driver in the space to do the job. I had to use a plier to grip the round head screw and loosen it. That was difficult and took a long time. When I put the new fan in I replaced the 3 screws with hex head screws so that I could use small wrench to tighten them. 3. Of course turn off the circuit before you start.

Replace fan assembly. The repair required removing the double oven from the wall, removing the top and part of the back of the oven. The part received was perfect!!

Replaced the lower blower fan. Easy fix and the videos Appliance Parts Pros have been so perfect for every repair I take on. THANK YOU!!