That one Saturday where my dishwasher fix turned into a triple disaster

Last weekend I decided to fix a rattling noise in my dishwasher with a piece of a wire hanger and some super glue. Figured it would take ten minutes tops. But then the glue dripped onto the heating element and smoked up the whole kitchen, so I panicked and yanked the hanger out and broke the spray arm. My wife walked in while I was on my knees trying to wedge a butter knife into the drain pump because I thought that would help. She just handed me a roll of duct tape and said "fix it or buy a new one." I ended up duct taping the spray arm back together and somehow it worked. The whole thing took like three hours and I still don't know if the rattle is gone or if I just got used to it. Has anyone else had a cheap fix that somehow made everything worse before it got better?

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hannahw3022d ago

Duct tape on a dishwasher spray arm is actually genius though!

sammoore22d ago

Hannah, have you actually tried that yourself? I put a strip of duct tape on our old Whirlpool's spray arm about six months ago and it held up through at least fifty washes before I had to replace it. The key is to make sure you clean the plastic first with some rubbing alcohol so the tape really sticks. I've seen people use zip ties and hose clamps too, but tape is way easier to adjust if you need to take the arm off later. Thanks for bringing that up @hannahw30, it's nice to know someone else found the same trick.