How do you 'unstick' a seized Garbage Disposal Unit?

With the power off, see if there is anything stuck that could be pulled out with a pliers. If not, since you cannot turn it with the Allen wrench...time for a new one. Sounds like the motor is ceased.

Get a stainless steel unit. no rust. last much longer

Most disposals can be released with a bit of leverage. I agree...it's a ceased motor.

the old fashion way of using a broom stick handle from the top of the disposer. Wedge it in there and see if you can get it to turn

All Insinkerators I have worked on or owned could be removed by a 1/4 turn...after removing the side discharge pipe.

The motor would cease operation if it was seized.

Especially if it's deceased.

You spelled it right.

If you have to replace it, a small to medium (or big?) floor jack is a great way to lift it up while you're turning it like a glass jar turning into its lid.

I assume you tried moving it in both directions? If it's not just rusted, but had something stuck in it, then it might only go in the reverse direction. If that much force won't loosen it up, I'd say it's shot. Unlikely even if you get it to move that it will free up enough to work right or last much longer. If I were going to try something, I guess some light oil poured in and allowed to sit for a couple days might do something, but I tend to doubt you'll resurect it. Also, how old is it? If it's 10+, that's more than you can expect. I see new basic ones going in just 895 years.

trader_4 wrote in news:40bb285f-3a2e-4acd-a0f6-6a24be4d1502 @googlegroups.com:

I guess that's the "Methuselah" model, right? Having a hard time imagining what you intended to type, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't it.

DOH!

My whirlpool washing machine motor ceased a couple times, and was able to free it up and oil it. But, that's a dry environment. In this case, I'd be think to replace the whole disposal, especially one with a ceased motor.

How much cease would a ceased motor cease, if it ceased to seize?

If it smells bad, is it an Ins(T)inkerator(sp?) garbage disposal unit? Ha, ha, Instinkerator.

uh, you must have missed my VERY long diatribe regarding the phrase 'stainless steel' in OUR kitchen. Our kitchen is all SS appliances. We have a sheen of brown forming over the fridge surface every few days which must be wiped off. The SS sink has little spots etc. Only the GE [yecch!] appliances are not so bad, just streak etc.

In another home, I actually had a pinhole rust right through a 'high end' SS sink!

But maybe SS insides might be a bit better, but it was my undeerstanding that ALL blades [and insides] were pretty much standard iron products and open to rusting.

arrrg! what did I do to deserve such 'pun'ishment?

Didn't know they were so heavy/awkward.