I had to come back and put a comment after trying this. I stumbled upon this video after putting all my strength to turn open the oven bulb cover. The packaging tape idea explained in the video worked like a charm. I dint have to warm up the oven though. Thanks a lot for this tip!
I've literally never had a problem opening a jar, but the light cover in my Samsung was giving me hell. Strap wrench doesn't fit in my gas oven due to a line to the broiler. I used heat + rubber coated gardening gloves to finally get purchase. Thank you!
Aloha Lyle. . . and our favorite Latin lurker, et al., I've struggled with this cover nonsense for the last 90 days or so... I'm giving your solution a try this evening... * * * You forgot to mention: "You can thank me later..." [ a good closing for any DIY video venture... (wink) ] * * * With that, I am thanking you now for your effort... very well done for your first endeavor and very helpful for those of us who are not so DIY inclined... (wink) * * * Until that time. . .
Thank You Thank You, I couldn't believe how quick it worked and just like you instructed. I had Black Gorilla tape and tore from the roll a 1'wide strip for about 15"s off the roll. Secured the taped to the glass cover starting from about 4:00 and then counter clockwise over the top of glass to 9:00 and pulled straight down. It gave way almost immediately and at first I thought the tape must of tore but to my delightful surprise the glass cover was loose and now easily removed. I tried for days on-and-off, heat, wd40, gripper gloves, oil filter removal tools, to no avail. And then this!!! 1-2-3 done!!!!
Thank you!! I just removed it in under 5 mins, after watching your video. After 2 years, I finally have a oven light. Grateful for your video. My husband won't believe it.
Thank you oh wise one! It's worked like a charm 1st time. I did Google how to remove it and it came up I needed a special tool, but spotted your video and I'm seriously impressed. 👏 thank you!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I was struggling to get that damn thing out, but it really helped to grab my roommate so she could twist while I pulled it with the packing tape!
You are a LEGEND!!…..our oven had two lights....we broke the first glass trying to get it off before finding you video. Using your trick the other one came off. Thanks heapS!
I think the tape idea with heat would work in most cases. I did try the tape but used a heat gun to heat just bulb cover so I wouldn't be getting into a 200 degree cubicle. After all of that I was about to give up but I remembered having left over various band-clamps from my by-gone years as a contractor. I put one of those on the cover and tightened it as much as I dared to then used a rubber mallet and the hex driver still on the nut and kept gently tapping it and to my surprise it worked. I don't think I would have thought of this though without building on your idea. So thanks Lyle!
If this is your first video, you're off to a good start. I'm a pretty decent DIYer and usually can figure things out on my own, but I was stumped on this doing it without buying a tool. Bought a new oven a couple months ago and the bulb already burned out. Could not get that cover off for the life of me. Used duct tape and your method and had it off in 20 seconds. Thanks!
Thank you Lyle. Much frustration with searching internet for my particular oven manual. Waste of time. Thankfully came across your video very quickly and voila! worked a treat. We have strong fibreglass sticky tape which was easy, otherwise normal will do but maybe have to double it. Cheers!
That was SOOOOOOO Cool the way you made this video! Both entertaining and informative. Very grateful for your help. I was also laughing because you understood our plight! Those :pre-schooler" oven designers should be ashamed of themselves. Cheers!
OMG. I can’t believe that actually worked! I’ve been trying everything. I’m just wondering whether you recommend putting any lubricant on the threads when I reinstall the cover. I guess it doesn’t matter. I’ll just get out the duct tape again next time. Thanks for your help!
Fantastic - I have been trying for hours to get this off - got out the duck tape - removed after less than 3 minutes - thank you so so much! Will pass this along - :-)
Addendum: I heated the oven lightly and turned it off, but the surface was still too warm to lean on. Alternative: heat the bulb cover and only that with a heat gun, so the rest stays cool. I also sprayed a tiny bit of WD-40 around the rim and it came off. What a relief.
Thanks Lyle. I watched this after struggling for a while and eventually figuring out my own method. So sorry but too late to try your method.. But this worked for me. I got a piece (approx 10 inches) of 14/2 Romex. I wrapped it once around the lamp cover then twisted the ends of the Romex in a spiral as tight as I could get them. (Moderate finger strength needed). As you twist the ends together the loop around the lamp cover tightens. This gives you something to grab on to - both the wire around the bulb and the twisted ends. And the Romex has good grip. Then just turn counter clockwise. First try, no effort and it worked.
This suggestion didn’t work for me at all. The duct tape snapped as soon as I pulled on it. I even bought the plastic Neff “oven light remover” tool, which also just pops off. In the end I used an old bicycle inner tube for grip and then wrapped a leather belt around it as an improvised strap wrench. A few seconds of that and it twisted right off.
Shop advised to use water pump pliers but tho tried v v hard for v long time couldn’t budge it. So followed your advice & stuck piece of duct tape round & pulled sharply in anti clockwise direction. Viola! Undone in seconds. Yay!
$7.99 for the wrench is a bargain - especially since that's for two of them, shipped and sold by Amazon. And now I'll have them for whatever else you might need to open, even jars. This tip is a great way if you're in a hurry and don't want to wait a couple days for Prime so it's worth watching but I'll wait to get mine off until Wednesday (it's Monday now) when the wrenches arrive. Also, you already loosened yours so it's not exactly clear if the first one was more difficult or not. I assume that it worked mostly as well and that your tip is a great one. It's a great workaround, potentially for other spinning needs as well, for when you don't have the tool. Perhaps an even better lesson from your video is that you demonstrate thinking outside of the box. You remind me of my grandfather who could solve any problem and fix anything.
YAYY THANK YOU IVE BEEN WATCHING VIDEOS FOR 2 DAYS BCUZ I COULDNT GET THAT SUCKER TO BUDGE AND I HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND WHEN I PUT MY MUSCLES INTO IT. MY WALL OVEN IS HARD WIRED INTO THIS OLD HOUSE SHOULD I GO TO MY BREAKER MY ELECTRICAL PANEL AND SHUT DOWN ELECTRICITY TO THE OVEN COMPLETELY BEFORE I TOUCH THAT BULB ?
Thank you. Your video helped me understand that I wasn't going to break it by continuing to turn. I was able to remove mine using a thin, textured, rubberized pad that I use to open jars.
I want to try this, but there is a wire across the cover😢 how do I get the wire off looks like I have two bulb covers and they are both burned out. Any suggestions??
i just did this and it came off straight away, after a week of trying WD40 on my hotpoint oven! THANKYOU!!!
I had to come back and put a comment after trying this. I stumbled upon this video after putting all my strength to turn open the oven bulb cover. The packaging tape idea explained in the video worked like a charm. I dint have to warm up the oven though. Thanks a lot for this tip!
What do you know!! This trick worked for me!!! Yay! I feel so accomplished now having a working oven light!!
Successfully followed your tape method without even warming up the oven! Thank you!
I've literally never had a problem opening a jar, but the light cover in my Samsung was giving me hell. Strap wrench doesn't fit in my gas oven due to a line to the broiler. I used heat + rubber coated gardening gloves to finally get purchase.
Thank you!
Omg that was Brilliant💡
it took three seconds. Thank you for taking the time online to help others
After several frustrating tries I turned to TH-cam and found your video. Thanks man !
You are a lifesaver. Thanks a million for the great advice. No light for 6 months and now we are all sorted because of you. THANK YOU !!!
Dude! Awesome DIY! Thank you so much. Next time you're in town I owe you a few beers :)
Amazing. After over a year with no lights I had these off in less than two minutes with your method. Boss man
Aloha Lyle. . . and our favorite Latin lurker, et al.,
I've struggled with this cover nonsense for the last 90 days or so...
I'm giving your solution a try this evening...
* * *
You forgot to mention: "You can thank me later..." [ a good closing for any DIY video venture... (wink) ]
* * *
With that, I am thanking you now for your effort... very well done for your first endeavor and very helpful for those of us who are not so DIY inclined... (wink)
* * *
Until that time. . .
I struggled and couldn't get the glass cover off until I used your technic. Worked like a champ... Thank you. I used Black Gorilla Tape...
Thank you so much. Worked perfectly. My mother-in-law thinks I'm a genius.
Awesome trick, I struggled for 15 mins before finding your video. Thanks for sharing!
Thank You Thank You, I couldn't believe how quick it worked and just like you instructed. I had Black Gorilla tape and tore from the roll a 1'wide strip for about 15"s off the roll. Secured the taped to the glass cover starting from about 4:00 and then counter clockwise over the top of glass to 9:00 and pulled straight down. It gave way almost immediately and at first I thought the tape must of tore but to my delightful surprise the glass cover was loose and now easily removed. I tried for days on-and-off, heat, wd40, gripper gloves, oil filter removal tools, to no avail. And then this!!! 1-2-3 done!!!!
I was skeptical, I must admit that, but this did the trick, thanks 🙂
Thank you, sir. RESPECT!
I actually did not even have to warm the oven. This took about five seconds.
You my friend, are so brilliant!! 🎉
Way to go with your first youtube video.
Thank you!! I just removed it in under 5 mins, after watching your video. After 2 years, I finally have a oven light. Grateful for your video. My husband won't believe it.
THANK YOU !!! worked first time after all other methods failed. Finally after months, we can now see what's in the oven !
It really worked! You are genius and you save my day! Thanks!!!
Good job, bro. Don't let 'em stomp on your dreams, champ. It is very important;)
Thank you so much for posting this....just spent over an hour trying to get the cover off, I was in tears.Tried your method,worked like a charm.
You did a great job on this video…thanks for the simplest solution I’ve seen.
Struggled with this for an hour before I found this video and it worked!! Thanks
I just noticed that not only was this your first video, as you mentioned, it's your only video. I hope video #2 is as valuable when you get it done.
This actually helped. Thank you sir
Cheers lyle, it worked it was stuck solid, Let there be light.
Great first video! This was exactly the fix I needed.
Thank you oh wise one! It's worked like a charm 1st time. I did Google how to remove it and it came up I needed a special tool, but spotted your video and I'm seriously impressed. 👏 thank you!!!
I have had so many strong men to try to take it off with no luck.I am going to try your way .Thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I was struggling to get that damn thing out, but it really helped to grab my roommate so she could twist while I pulled it with the packing tape!
Thank you so much. I have been struggling with that lamp housing for months!!! It was not easy
You are a LEGEND!!…..our oven had two lights....we broke the first glass trying to get it off before finding you video. Using your trick the other one came off. Thanks heapS!
Oh my word! Thank you! As a single girl that lives alone I had no choice but to get this sucker off by myself. This worked like a charm!
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Heat did it - I'm another thankful participant in your oven light cover removal technique; way to go...!
Hey. How long did you let your ovenheat?
After 2 hours of trying. Thanks bro!! That just worked perfectly.
Easy and simple
Been trying for days! Glad I'm not going crazy. Well done, Lyle. Thank you!
Bravo Lyle. I actually thought this idea was the least probable of the 3 I youtubed, but low and behold, your idea killed it. Thanks!
I think the tape idea with heat would work in most cases. I did try the tape but used a heat gun to heat just bulb cover so I wouldn't be getting into a 200 degree cubicle. After all of that I was about to give up but I remembered having left over various band-clamps from my by-gone years as a contractor. I put one of those on the cover and tightened it as much as I dared to then used a rubber mallet and the hex driver still on the nut and kept gently tapping it and to my surprise it worked. I don't think I would have thought of this though without building on your idea. So thanks Lyle!
You are a saint! I’ve been trying to get that sucker off for a month, came off easy with your method, thanks 😊
If this is your first video, you're off to a good start. I'm a pretty decent DIYer and usually can figure things out on my own, but I was stumped on this doing it without buying a tool. Bought a new oven a couple months ago and the bulb already burned out. Could not get that cover off for the life of me. Used duct tape and your method and had it off in 20 seconds.
Thanks!
Thank you Lyle. Much frustration with searching internet for my particular oven manual. Waste of time. Thankfully came across your video very quickly and voila! worked a treat. We have strong fibreglass sticky tape which was easy, otherwise normal will do but maybe have to double it. Cheers!
This was probably the most useful video I ever watched on youtube. That worked great. Thank you!
That was SOOOOOOO Cool the way you made this video! Both entertaining and informative. Very grateful for your help. I was also laughing because you understood our plight! Those :pre-schooler" oven designers should be ashamed of themselves. Cheers!
Thank You so much I've fight with this bulb for hours. It's worked in less then 1 min after heat oven. Thank You so Much :)
Thank you! The heat did the trick -- didn't even need the tape. Fantastic video!
Like x100000 this video was the most helpful out of all of them! THANK YOU!!!!!
Thanks for the helpful tip and taking time to share it!
Thank you so much!!!!! It works!!!!! You are a GENIUS!
To my surprise, it worked like a charm the first time I tried it. Thank you, thank you for making this video.
OMG. I can’t believe that actually worked! I’ve been trying everything. I’m just wondering whether you recommend putting any lubricant on the threads when I reinstall the cover. I guess it doesn’t matter. I’ll just get out the duct tape again next time. Thanks for your help!
Great job n tutorial! Appreciate it. Thank you! Great idea too. 👍👍
This was an awesome and simple trick, instead of buying some special tool to use every other year!
Thanks!
This is what TH-cam is for. Sport tape is what did it for me! (Although a little tad of residue left)
Cheers mate!
Fantastic - I have been trying for hours to get this off - got out the duck tape - removed after less than 3 minutes - thank you so so much! Will pass this along - :-)
How charming, the presentation I mean. Will try it right away.
Addendum: I heated the oven lightly and turned it off, but the surface was still too warm to lean on. Alternative: heat the bulb cover and only that with a heat gun, so the rest stays cool. I also sprayed a tiny bit of WD-40 around the rim and it came off. What a relief.
Thank you for your video! I have literally tried everything and just done your duct tape idea and it helped it come straight off! Thank you!
Excellent!!!! Thank you so much for your video I have tried all kinds and they dont even work. Thanks so much!!!
You a life saver. I was about to break the the darn thing off.
Thanks Lyle. I watched this after struggling for a while and eventually figuring out my own method. So sorry but too late to try your method.. But this worked for me. I got a piece (approx 10 inches) of 14/2 Romex. I wrapped it once around the lamp cover then twisted the ends of the Romex in a spiral as tight as I could get them. (Moderate finger strength needed). As you twist the ends together the loop around the lamp cover tightens. This gives you something to grab on to - both the wire around the bulb and the twisted ends. And the Romex has good grip. Then just turn counter clockwise. First try, no effort and it worked.
This suggestion didn’t work for me at all. The duct tape snapped as soon as I pulled on it. I even bought the plastic Neff “oven light remover” tool, which also just pops off.
In the end I used an old bicycle inner tube for grip and then wrapped a leather belt around it as an improvised strap wrench. A few seconds of that and it twisted right off.
Hi, good Job! I used your advice after trying several time as per the manual but unsuccessfully. Thanks again
Worked like charm. Thank you, Sir.
You’re a legend! It worked.
Shop advised to use water pump pliers but tho tried v v hard for v long time couldn’t budge it. So followed your advice & stuck piece of duct tape round & pulled sharply in anti clockwise direction. Viola! Undone in seconds. Yay!
Wow - worked like a charm. Thank you!
$7.99 for the wrench is a bargain - especially since that's for two of them, shipped and sold by Amazon. And now I'll have them for whatever else you might need to open, even jars. This tip is a great way if you're in a hurry and don't want to wait a couple days for Prime so it's worth watching but I'll wait to get mine off until Wednesday (it's Monday now) when the wrenches arrive.
Also, you already loosened yours so it's not exactly clear if the first one was more difficult or not. I assume that it worked mostly as well and that your tip is a great one. It's a great workaround, potentially for other spinning needs as well, for when you don't have the tool.
Perhaps an even better lesson from your video is that you demonstrate thinking outside of the box. You remind me of my grandfather who could solve any problem and fix anything.
You, sir, are a genius! Thanks a million!
It worked! Thanks, Lyle. I was about to get my neighbor to come over and do it. Very helpful!
You sir, are a legend! Worked perfectly.
THANK YOU! And great job on the first video!!
Thank you Lyle, it worked. I used some Duct tape with a little tug and turn and boom it unscrewed!!
Thanks this was very helpful 👍🏼
You're the man, worked like a charm, Thanks!
Terrific worked first time ,many thanks
It works! I took it off! Thank you so much!
YAYY THANK YOU IVE BEEN WATCHING VIDEOS FOR 2 DAYS BCUZ I COULDNT GET THAT SUCKER TO BUDGE AND I HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND WHEN I PUT MY MUSCLES INTO IT. MY WALL OVEN IS HARD WIRED INTO THIS OLD HOUSE SHOULD I GO TO MY BREAKER MY ELECTRICAL PANEL AND SHUT DOWN ELECTRICITY TO THE OVEN COMPLETELY BEFORE I TOUCH THAT BULB ?
You sir are a genius! I only wish I had viewed your video before I tried spraying the bulb cover with WD-40 to loosen the damn thing! #stinkystove
Great idea it worked for me. Thank you so much
Worked! Thankyou so much 😁
Thank you very much for your help. I didn't need the sticky tape in the end, just a warmed up oven and gloves to get a better grip worked. :)
Thank you @lyle it worked with the tape!!!
Kool, I'll try it now! Thanks
Magical - it worked for me. Thanks for sharing :)
OMG. It worked! Thank you.
Thank you! It WORKED ‼️
Great tip! Works great
Neat. Using tape as a wrench and nice tip to warm oven up before hand. thanks!
Great video! Thanks to your video, I got the cover off easily, but unfortunately, the bulb had separated from the base. Oh well.
ive been fighting with mine all week! Ill let you know if it works
Brilliant!! Thank you so much
It worked!! Thank you!!
um....this actually worked...wow thank YOU!
Great. This finally worked for me. Thx
Thank you. Your video helped me understand that I wasn't going to break it by continuing to turn. I was able to remove mine using a thin, textured, rubberized pad that I use to open jars.
Sheer genius! Thank you
I just watched 6 different videos on how to change the bulb… I wasn’t strong enough ..so I used a oil filter wrench ..worked perfect …
I want to try this, but there is a wire across the cover😢 how do I get the wire off looks like I have two bulb covers and they are both burned out. Any suggestions??
It really worked..
Thank you