I just did this myself. The trick is to heat the oven up to 170-200 degrees for an hour or so first (I turned it on and then went to the store to buy replacement bulb). That causes the aluminum housing for the glass to expand, making it easier to unscrew the glass cover by hand. No need to use special tools or lubricants.
Thank you SO much! I happen to have in the kitchen a tool just about like the one you show. The glass cover was pretty stuck as far as hand rotation, but the tool worked well. Then the glass part of the bulb unscrewed from its base leaving the base still in the socket. Following guidance, I unplugged the appliance. I have some very long-point and narrow pliers, with which I was able to crimp the bulb base sides inward, breaking the base's hold on the socket without stressing the socket too much. Fortunately the bulb base is thin metal so it yielded to that inward crimp easily. All done. I put silicone spray on the bulb threads and on the glass cover threads so maybe in future they will unscrew without force. Again, thank you so much for the video!
Thanks for your notes! You can also use a potato on the base of a bulb when the glass breaks/separates from it. The potato grabs the base and acts as an insulator allowing you to unscrew the remaining portion.
HoooYah!!! Lucky for me I have one of those adjustable spanner wrenches that I have never used and had for years hanging in my shop. Worked like a charm!
A good way of getting the glass cover off, warm the oven to 200 C and let cool to about 50. Use gloves with anti slip, turn anti clock wise. If not successful with gloves use that tool as showed or use pliers with tape wound over the tips. Warming it helps soften the grease . It worked for me while everything ells failed.
I recently had to replace a light bulb in my oven with that type of cover. I didn't have the hook device, but I used a standard rubber jar opener - and it worked like a charm! (It's essentially like opening a stuck jar lid) Just took a little 'oomph' to get it to unscrew.
i had trouble with my older style strap wrenches .it was not rough enough to grab the glass without slipping. i had some foam back tape and put it on the rubber on the strap wrench ,now it could hold onto the glass lens without slipping
I just did this myself. The trick is to heat the oven up to 170-200 degrees for an hour or so first (I turned it on and then went to the store to buy replacement bulb). That causes the aluminum housing for the glass to expand, making it easier to unscrew the glass cover by hand. No need to use special tools or lubricants.
I believe the “device” is an auto oil filter removal tool. I happened to have one. It worked like a charm. Thanks so much.
Thank you for the tool link. The light cover is a real S.O.B. I ran up to Walmart, got the tool and had no problem.
Thank you SO much! I happen to have in the kitchen a tool just about like the one you show. The glass cover was pretty stuck as far as hand rotation, but the tool worked well. Then the glass part of the bulb unscrewed from its base leaving the base still in the socket. Following guidance, I unplugged the appliance. I have some very long-point and narrow pliers, with which I was able to crimp the bulb base sides inward, breaking the base's hold on the socket without stressing the socket too much. Fortunately the bulb base is thin metal so it yielded to that inward crimp easily. All done. I put silicone spray on the bulb threads and on the glass cover threads so maybe in future they will unscrew without force. Again, thank you so much for the video!
Thanks for your notes! You can also use a potato on the base of a bulb when the glass breaks/separates from it. The potato grabs the base and acts as an insulator allowing you to unscrew the remaining portion.
Thank you! This was perfect.
HoooYah!!! Lucky for me I have one of those adjustable spanner wrenches that I have never used and had for years hanging in my shop. Worked like a charm!
A good way of getting the glass cover off, warm the oven to 200 C and let cool to about 50.
Use gloves with anti slip, turn anti clock wise. If not successful with gloves use that tool as showed or use pliers with tape wound over the tips. Warming it helps soften the grease . It worked for me while everything ells failed.
I used an oil filter wrench lined with a strip of leather to get the cover off.
I recently had to replace a light bulb in my oven with that type of cover. I didn't have the hook device, but I used a standard rubber jar opener - and it worked like a charm! (It's essentially like opening a stuck jar lid) Just took a little 'oomph' to get it to unscrew.
i had trouble with my older style strap wrenches .it was not rough enough to grab the glass without slipping. i had some foam back tape and put it on the rubber on the strap wrench ,now it could hold onto the glass lens without slipping
and of course you didn't mention to secure the power to the oven before you start but i'm sure people have enough common sense to turn the breaker off
opps, I didn't 😮
But you still have to have meat-hook hands to turn the thing...right?
whats the name of that tool you used?
It's listed in the video
Just go to your local hardware store and buy for $10 the adjustable strap wrench and this will take you two minutes.
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The cove comes off. The light bulb won’t turn enough to unscrew.
I just used my hands to take it off, haven’t cone across a tight one