dish washer part?

[Frank Thompson]

Found this in dish washer

12.jpg the pin is 1 5/8 inch long plus 3/16 on end threaded it is between 3/16 and 1/4 " thick springlike coil on end is about 1 1/8 ' in diameter dish washer is KitchenAid model KUDI24SEWH2 have been to website and perused 12 pages of parts and cannot find it only ordinary dinner and cookware (no gadgets) in it so strongly suspect it must be a part of dishwasher

any clues appreciated

[Frank Thompson]

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[M Q]

Do you own a steamer basket? (one of those things that you put inside a pot and it has lots of perforated "petals"?)

[terry]

Not part of the water over-fill float switch is it?????

[noname87]

I can't view the picture. However, if you go to sears parts

put in your model number you can view diagrams and part lists for your machine. Or you can go to and view the actual parts for your machine but it won't tell you necessary where it goes. This will only help if the part is from the dishwasher.

[Frank Thompson]

YES! That's exactly what it is. Thank you very much.

[M Q]

Just for the record, the link is better put as: spaces in file names can be quite a nuisance)