Both bulbs broke in my attenpt to unscrew them from their sockets. How do I unscrew the bulb base from the socket now that the bulbs are broken from the base?
GE Spacesaver, model HDM1853WJ02, 1.8 cu ft 1100 watt, installed July 2005.

Paul, August 2008

I just ran into the same problem with the identical microwave (mine was installed in May of 2005). Did you get a resolution?

I have removed the entire bulb housing and found that those geniuses at GE *glued* the bulbs into the sockets! No wonder both bulbs broke away from the base. It looks like they want to get a service call to replace a light bulb. What a crock.

I'm planning to replace both sockets and bulbs but can't find the part numbers for either. I have an email into GE parts to see if I can find out what they are. I'll reply again if I get this worked out.

For reference -- I did find a diagram of the microwave and the parts I need are labeled 29 and 31. Here is a link to the diagram:

http://genet.geappliances.com/IPCNet/Dispatcher?REQUEST=IPCNETGETPDF&file=00000000/00029700/00029702.p01.pdf

ski-dc, December 2008