Go to this web site it shows a break down of the modle if the other guy can't help you maybe I can.hope this helps.http://www.partselect.com/ModelFrames.aspx?ModelID=388005&ModelNum=JVM1860BD001&mfgModelNum=&ManufactureID=2&Selected=00108723i01&Position=0&mfg=GE&Type=&Mark=0
I'll do my best to try and help ( i saw quite alot of comments so ppl have tried pretty hard) On alot of GE microwaves it seems that the outside edge of the door can be removed with a butter knife (gently and working around) to allow better access to the screws holding the handle in place. Im thinking of actually taking the door off and working on or at least work the edge off and let it hang towards the hinge so that you can still have some reach to the screws (top and bottom) to properly remove the handle (make sure any screws are off the edge) and then "Walking" the edge off and then it apparently slides back over and easily presses back into its place to be screwed back in. I dont know what others have suggested i hope im not just another repeat. Also something to look into is that the handle may actually have a cover over it (it also might snap off as well) which would allow access to hidden screws. Or are these additional screws reachable with an offest screwdriver? (throwing some ideas at you) Im almost thinking that the first two screws held the handle cover in place while those two extra two screws you see hold the hidden handle base in place. try removing just the "outside" of the handle in hopes to find the handle "Base" is underneath? I hope im making sense and helping. Give it try. Gently pry just the outside of the handle off ? since you haver the first 2 screws out...
Good luck!...
I've replaced many GE spacemaker handles and never seen more than 2 screws(one at bottom and one at top) holding the handle on. they are easily accessable once you remove the inside trim that wraps around the outer inside of the door. Sorry i'm not much help but i've never had a problem.....yet.
Use a handle cable screw driver, gives you access to any maze
Hi
You'll need to remove the innner door trim and also another trim cover to access the door handle screws. The trim is held in place by clips built into the trim, the tabs on this trim can break easily but with a pry tool.
Please look at part#3(door handle) in the link below for more details--
GE JVM1860BD microwave Door handle replacement
Please do accept this solution and revert for further assistance.
Thanks
Rylee
While pulling gently on the trim, are you able to use a flathead screwdrive to try and prize open the panel/trim from the centre tab at all? It may only be a few millimetres in width (the tab), and some gentle leverage with the scredriver might budge it just enough to get it open.
Bets regards.
No problem.
I have found this diagram. Number 2 is the door handle, and you can see in the diagram how it should connect. Not sure, but it may help.
I have also managed to locate 3 manuals here but neither show replacement for the handle. You could try asking GE direct by e-mail for their microwave troubleshooting dept here.
Here is the full diagram.
Seems to be no clearer diagram than that I'm afraid. I'm sure another expert will come along to help further. Sorry, this is the best I can find.
With regards
nLinked
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Let me try, I will let you know.
No, I can't see any movement at all. The tab is about 4 inches in with -- it almost seems like it must be screwed on or otherwise fastened, because I do not see any movement whatsoever in it.
nlinked,
I got email that you had posted another comment, but I am only seeing your original comment -- could you repost? Also, my comment had a typo - should be "width is about 4 inches"...
nLinked,
I have seen the diagram, it doesn't have enough detail to show all 4 screws, two at top, and two at bottom all going into the handle from the back side of the door. Problem is two of the screws, one at top and one at bottom are covered by the metal door frame, and it looks like the next step to disassembly is to remove that front trim. As far as contacting GE, I have already talked to GE and it seems they have no help to offer on the door other than sending out a tech. I think they are supposed to measure it for leakage if it is worked on.
First, thanks to nLinked for the comments. I think it would be helpful to speak to someone that has replaced a handle on a GE Spacemaker model JVM1860.
Rylee,
I agree that that front trim panel needs to come off -- that is my problem. The panel wraps around the door frame. There are about 4 clips I can see looking from the back of the door side. These clips can be easily disengaged, and there is enough flex in the trim I can see for sure they are disengaged. In addition, there is a locking clip on the front side on the latch end of the trim both on top and bottom, and I can disengage either of these. The problem is that along the center, there are two 4 inch long tabs securing the trim and I have not been able to see how to get this part disengaged. These 4 inch tabs are attached to the front part of the trim, and appear to hook over the glass in the door. That front trim is not very hefty, it looks like it would break very easily. I am afraid to try to force it any harder. Any ideas?
I am able to remove rear trim, which gives access to 1 screw at top of handle and one at bottom. There are two more screws, hidden by the door frame. I need to somehow disassemble the door to gain access to the last two screws. I can't get the center section of the front trim to release.
Still looking for someone that knows this door!
There are definitely 2 screws on each end. The hard ones to do fasten the handle to the front trim, so the trim really needs to be removed to get to those, since with the trim in place the screw is covered with the door frame. I actually was just in the last 30 minutes able to get the new handle on using the following method: Unhook the top front trim clip (the one closest to the latch). Using a church key, prop the trim as far open as I dared, which gave me access with a Phillips driver that would hold the screw. Even though I couldn't point the screw in at 90 degrees -- it was more like 65 or 70 degrees, I was able to get it started and then kind of straighten the screw as I screwed it in. Repeat for the bottom. At this point, the handle was fastened only to the front trim, 1 screw at top of handle, 1 at bottom. After that, the final two screws (the ones you are talking about I am sure) were easily installed since there is straight in access to these. I am guessing that these extra two screws may be an engineering change to try to make the handle stronger, since breakage is evidently a problem. There has got to be a better way, because I felt like I was very close to breaking that front trim the whole time. I will award correct answer to the first person that is actually familiar with this door (one that has 2 screws top and 2 bottom) (GE JVM1860BD 001) or a very similar one and can tell me what the proper way to replace this handle is. Thanks to everyone that has taken a shot at it so far!
I actually was just in the last 30 minutes able to get the new handle on using the following method: Unhook the top front trim clip (the one closest to the latch). Using a church key, prop the trim as far open as I dared, which gave me access with a Phillips driver that would hold the screw. Even though I couldn't point the screw in at 90 degrees -- it was more like 65 or 70 degrees, I was able to get it started and then kind of straighten the screw as I screwed it in. Repeat for the bottom. At this point, the handle was fastened only to the front trim, 1 screw at top of handle, 1 at bottom. After that, the final two screws (the ones you are talking about I am sure) were easily installed since there is straight in access to these. I am guessing that these extra two screws may be an engineering change to try to make the handle stronger, since breakage is evidently a problem. There has got to be a better way, because I felt like I was very close to breaking that front trim the whole time. I will award correct answer to the first person that is actually familiar with this door (one that has 2 screws top and 2 bottom) (GE JVM1860BD 001) or a very similar one and can tell me what the proper way to replace this handle is. Thanks to everyone that has taken a shot at it so far!
sixflags, Thanks for your suggestions. It is true the handle disassembles, but the 'hidden screws' enter from the inside of the front trim, so disassembling does not make them available. I was able to unclip only the outer end of the front trim. Since the trim is a 90 degree angle, it would not be possible to slide it toward the hinges. As I mentioned in my previous post, I was able to get to the screws by flexing the trim as much as I dared (which gave only about 1/2 to 3/4 inch between the screw head and the metal door frame. I then put a screwdriver in at an angle but was able to work the screws. I have a small angle ratchet screwdriver, but even it was to large to get in the very small space above the screw heads. I am just keeping this thread open because I hope to hear from one that is familiar with this model (GE JVM1860BD) or one with the same handle and will tell me the proper way to remove and install this handle. I fell like I was on the verge of breaking the front trim when I flexed it enough to get the screwdriver to it, and I know there must be a way to disconnect that front trim. I just was not able to get the middle of the trim to budge at all. Again, thanks for your suggestions. If I don't hear from someone who knows this model in the next couple of posts, I will close it, because I don't want to waste the other experts' time!
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