Range Main Top (Black) 318223617

Great communication

Sears Parts Direct immediately notified me upon order that this item was on backorder. They did an excellent job of keeping me informed of the status and the item was actually shipped a few days earlier than expected.

Ease of Installation

Moderate

Duration of Installation

1 - 2 hours

Repair Parts Order

Confirm Parts are not on Backorder even though they show up online available

Ease of Installation

Very Difficult

Duration of Installation

More than 2 hours

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Looks like new!

Was exactly what I ordered and arrived two weeks early. Found a you tube video that helped with installation making it easy. Would recommend labeling all wiring before disassembling. Makes it much easier to put back together.

Ease of Installation

Easy

Duration of Installation

1 - 2 hours

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Challenging but doable

The part that arrived was perfect after the initial one arrived damaged worse than the one I was replacing! I watched a video on youtube to guide the replacement and it was straightforward with one exception. The video does not show the requirement to disconnect the fan control unit which is difficult. I actually broke it off from the board. Watch out for that and you should be good to go. The rest is just patience with a lot of screws and cable disconnects which are intuitive to put back together. Good luck.

Ease of Installation

Moderate

Duration of Installation

1 - 2 hours

Electric range

Replacing broken corner of unit. It was done by a professional and it seem easy enough

Ease of Installation

Moderate

Duration of Installation

1 - 2 hours

Not easy, but do-able

This part was an exact replacement for a shattered range top (wife dropped something on the edge, go figure...). Watched a YouTube video on how to repair and Sears site gave repair 4 out of 5 wrenches for repair difficulty. If you are not electrical repair savvy, then do not attempt. I've repaired all kinds of things over the last 30 years and this one took me about 3 hours start to finish. I took plenty of pics along the way and marked all wire connections to ensure everything went back together correctly. Once completed, it looks and functions just like new again.

Ease of Installation

Difficult

Duration of Installation

1 - 2 hours

Tricky to install

Although the installation is straightforward and does not require any special skills there are some tricky bits. I would suggest view the example videos on YouTube even though they for a cooker with fewer connections. 1. Removing the connector for the fan control from the control board. It is very difficult to remove this connector without detaching the socket from the board. The first time I replaced the top (yes it has cracked twice) the socket came away from the board. Luckily when I reassembled was able to reached it by pushing the socket back in the locating holes. Second time not so lucky as I was not able to get the pins to connect. 2. The Kenmore 790.46703605 has a lot of connections and it is easy to miss one of the smaller ones when you reassemble.

Ease of Installation

Moderate

Duration of Installation

More than 2 hours