Hi. My oven's lightbulb has gone defective. I removed the shield and attempted to unscrew it, but the glass part broke away from the bulb's metal socket. :wall: So the socket is still firmly screwed in place inside the receptacle. Is there a way to unscrew it? I have tried with a flat long-nose type of vise grip but it didn't work. The glass broke with a flat edge that does not protrude from the socket. Very clean job (lol). Thanks in advance.

I have a washer ROPER model RTW4640YQ1 it's a 4 year old traditional top loader washer. It has been working fine for a few years except on very heavy fabrics like my son's 1/2" thick karate uniform it goes out of balance and violently shakes and bangs. But recently even on a medium size normal wash it started to bang at the end of the spin drain cycle. I am not talking about just loud vibration I am talking about banging so bad I can see the washer cabinet wall "deform" when it's being hit by the unbalanced basket inside. I stopped the wash and opened the lids and it's not unbalanced the distribution seems normal and the wash is not even full. Since then it has gotten worse and worse and it will only operate normally without banging for a really small load. Medium size loads are 50/50 odds and a heavy load that didn't use to have problems now will bang violently. I looked at the back of the washer and I found some broken plastic pieces on the floor. Not sure what that could be. Here are some pictures with measurements. [IMG]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/7th/IMAG8030.jpg[/IMG] Here is the biggest piece that I found on the floor behind the washer. [IMG]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/7th/IMAG8029.jpg[/IMG] Here is the back side of that same piece. [IMG]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w67/143house/7th/IMAG8028.jpg[/IMG] Is this a part of the washer that has broken apart? Where should I start looking? Is this broken piece related to the unbalanced banging issue? Thanks in advance!