How to Remove a Garbage Disposal | HGTV

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• Wow, you sound like the narrator from Weird History.

• Thank you. I was hoping you would also explain how to remove the part that is still attached to the sink, but I guess it's pretty obvious.

• i was able to do everything shown in this video with only a fork, a screwdriver, a towel and a bowl. it is easiest to knock the coin down than to pull up and requires very little tools. thanks

• So the way you showed to test the voltage coming into the garbage disposal was entirely wrong. You should turn the breaker off. Turn the switch for the garbage disposal on and then test voltage. Simply testing voltage without that switch on will give a false read.

• Only the uncultured call the suicide stick a voltage detector

• Aw'ight, now do I use that wee bucket to catch the water from my dishwasher forever more? I best get a slightly bigger one, eh?

• Thank you so much! This saved me hours of reading instructions! New disposal installed simply by following these steps in reverse order :)

• Thanks!

• Why not just unplug it. Theres an idea

• This is amazingly short COMPLETE video for replacing a disposer.
  Although I've replaced many in my past & twice installed a new disposer to sink without... what I really only needed to refresh was my memory how the disposer to sink connection works.
  BUT ALSO IN ALMOST EVERY disposer I've worked on the electrical wiring is NOT HARD WIRED but very simply has a plug tassel the goes into a switches electrical outlet under the sink which makes.the electrical part IDIOTPROOF.
  Hence I URGE if you are replacing or doing anew... then do not hard wire but put in an outlet to the switched power as all disposers.live only so long & future replacements are even easier yet!
  AND AFTER you work on disposer KEEP that wrench under the sink as it is how you unjam a stuck disposer such as from an orange seed like I just had to do before I figured out we have a bigger problem. Either a water leaking disposer or leak above it.