How to Repair a Garbage Disposer | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey shows how to fix a badly jammed garbage disposer. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Repair a Garbage Disposer:
- garbage disposal
- plumber's putty, for forming a watertight seal around the sink flange
- electrical tape
- twist-on wire connectors

Tools for How to Repair a Garbage Disposer:
- hex-head wrench, used to manually rotate disposer motor (use wrench that comes with disposer)
- garbage disposer wrench, for turning the disposer's cutter wheel

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