{"id":835,"date":"2026-09-24T17:41:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:42:16","slug":"hardware-pinch-clamp-vs-screw-clamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/24\/hardware-pinch-clamp-vs-screw-clamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardware: pinch clamp vs screw clamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>With appliance repair, one likes to replace an old part with the same new one. Sometimes, that may not be feasible.<\/h3>\n<p>\nLast week I was working on a dishwasher with a stuck circulation pump. The pump situation got resolved, but then I had to reconnect, then reclamp, the pump back in the system.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe pump had been held by pinch clamps, but in my situation screw clamps were much easier. I bought a couple, then clamped the pump in place with them. I&#8217;ve run the dishwasher a few times now &#8211; no leaks so far.<\/p>\n<p>\nSource:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y6dG5J4e4vk\">Practical Mechanic. (Dec 20, 2023). &#8220;Pump Replacement &#8211; Whirlpool Dishwasher &#8211; Circulation Pump Fix.&#8221; [Video]. YouTube. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y6dG5J4e4vk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\">-js<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With appliance repair, one likes to replace an old part with the same new one. Sometimes, that may not be feasible. Last week I was working on a dishwasher with a stuck circulation pump. The pump situation got resolved, but then I had to reconnect, then reclamp, the pump back in the system. The pump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[203,201,202,200],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","tag-circulation-pump","tag-clamps","tag-dishwasher","tag-plumbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apropostechsolutionscorp.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}