How to remove broken light protector/cover from inside oven?

Good news - it came off!

A Hot air gun was useless as was a butane torch - I suspect the heat was not softening anything and the adhesives were well and truely burned on. Perhaps spraying cold water on the hot glass might have helped crack it, but read on.

In the end I used a teatowel in one hand to cup the entire fitting and then pushed an "automatic punch" against the lip, and one piece cracked out on the first try. Against the other side, it took a dozen hits before breaking the same way, with a vertical crack and a chunk out.

I left the lamp in place to protect the socket from any damage. Its already got oil burned on the glass.

So then I could simply unscrew the remainder and it fell out in two pieces after one rotation, which I caught in the teatowel.

Not sure if it was the increased grip, or if it was the shock which broke the hold but it turned freely after that.

Despite using a damp catching cloth, there were heaps of tiny glass shards in the bottom of the oven. Had I attempted to use heat and cold to crack the glass, it could have made a bigger mess.

Careful cleanup is required here - glass fragments are no fun near food.

I just had the same problem. My successful method was to warm the remaining glass and metal housing with a hairdryer, it took several goes to soften the grease etc. Then I had a small plastic tub of my granddaughters play-doh in a drawer which is around 2” diameter at the base and tapers towards the lid.

By inserting that inside the broken cover, pushing up and unscrewing it I was able to unscrew the threaded glass portion of the cover, hooray! Engineer call out had been quoted as £99 inc. vat plus any parts!

Hope this helps others.

I had the same problem, with the light protector broken a few millimetres from the thread so there wasn't much to grip to remove it. After trying a number of the suggestions here and elsewhere I ended up doing what I was hoping to avoid. I attacked it directly with a hammer. (Initially, I tried using a screwdriver between the hammer and glass but the glass was too smooth so the screwdriver kept skidding.)

The hammer method worked easily and with much more control than I expected. At no point did I feel in danger of damaging the oven. This is the method I would recommend/use again.

As others have said, there were a lot of glass shards. The oven liner caught most of them but then I vacuumed inside the oven and light housing; I didn't want to damage the inside surface of the oven by wiping glass across it. I wiped it gently with a damp cloth afterwards and am confident there is no more shards in the oven.

I hope this helps someone.

Looked at some of the suggestions regarding this. Looks like the heavy handed ‘bash it with a hammer’ approach is easiest. I’m going to cover the glass threaded part that is still in place with clear sellotape to try and cut down on the shards flying off. Let you know how it goes.

I tried hammering but the broken glass ring would not break!

But I got it out by jamming the top of this plastic tub of salt, covered in 2-3 layers of newspaper, into the ring. The rough glass gripped the newspaper/tub nicely as I twisted. I did preheat to 200c then cool to hand-warm, then turned power off.

Good luck! Wear gloves/goggles for the tiny glass shards!

First of all, i apologize for my english. I am fromm Greece. The solution in this problem found with an unexpected way as i was searching for something usefull to unscrew the broken glass cover. I read all your solutions and i was ready to use the hammer, until i saw inside a cabinet the tool which i use to pick up the hairs of my dog from the sofa. I put some more packing tape around it, but from the opposite side so the glue side is from the outside. Then i stuck it in the cover hole and i begun to turn it. I had to hit it a little with the hammer and as i was disapointed that i will break it anyway, i tried one more and the cover turned around. I send you the photos . Thank you!