We’ve had our trusty Bosch SHU 8805 (Stainless Steel) Dishwasher for over 15 years now, but recently several problems were apparent:<\/p>\n
I purchased replacement parts for all of these issues, even though I probably didn’t need all of them, more on that later.<\/p>\n
To address the\u00a0issues above, Bosch gave me this parts list over the phone and we purchased the following parts:<\/p>\n
Disassembly of\u00a0the dishwasher will take an\u00a0hour of your time and I recommend watching this video<\/a> as you do it. One note on the video, as you remove the “Pump Housing<\/a>” be careful, mine was very brittle and some of the edges broke off – I may need to buy another one at some point.<\/p>\n As for the rest of the parts, they were all fairly easy to install using the video.\u00a0Aside from wishing I had purchased the Pump Housing, I found that I did not actually need the Pump-drain (sump pump).\u00a0The sump pump in my dishwasher was fine, except it was jammed with food and other debris that somehow managed to pass. Still, I installed the new one as I didn’t want to take the dishwasher apart again and I was faced with a restocking fee if I decided to return the pump to Bosch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Anyway, the repairs went fine and the dishwasher has been running a couple weeks now\u00a0and the dishes and silverware are\u00a0clean and the machine is noticeably quiet again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We’ve had our trusty Bosch SHU 8805 (Stainless Steel) Dishwasher for over 15 years now, but recently several problems were apparent: the dishes weren’t getting clean (the machine had become noticeably louder while trying to do so) the detergent dispenser … Continue reading