How to Install Elements in a Stove

The Surface Element

• 1

  Pull the element toward you gently until it unplugs from the range. Lift it out completely, then lift the drip pan out of the hole.

• 2

  Compare the new element to the old one. Depending on the manufacturer, it will connect to the stove in one of two levels on side-by-side lips. Raise or lower the element connection point on the stove, if necessary. Unscrew the connection point, move it to the unused lip and screw it back on.

• 3

  Drop the drip pan back into the hole by aligning its opening with the element connector.

• 4

  Push the new element gently into the connector at a slight angle and rest it on the inside rim of the drop pan.

The Bake Element

• 5

  Remove the baking racks from the oven.

• 6

  Remove the nuts holding the bake element to the back oven.

• 7

  Pull the bake element forward 2 or 3 inches, exposing the bake element wires, which are attached to the bake element by push-on, crimped wire connectors.

• 8

  Label the wires with left, middle and right on a bit of masking tape, if there are more than two wires.

• 9

  Unplug the element from the connectors and remove it from the oven.

• 10

  Reconnect the new element to the proper connectors. Snug the connectors to the element by barely squeezing them with needle nose pliers.

• 11

  Push the wires back into the back oven wall and attach the new element with the nuts you removed previously.

The Broil Element

• 12

  Remove the bake racks from the oven.

• 13

  Remove the nuts of the brackets that hold the broil element to the ceiling of the oven.

• 14

  Remove the nuts that hold the broil element to the back of the oven, while supporting the element with one hand.

• 15

  Pull the broil element 2 or 3 inches from the back of the oven, disconnect it from the two wire connectors and remove it from the oven.

• 16

  Attach the wire connectors to the new element and gently tighten them with needle nose pliers, if necessary.

• 17

  Hold the element against the back wall and attach it with the nuts you removed previously. While supporting the element, attach the new element with the other nuts.