you must take the old element out ,, to get the new one in, as you know, so whatever clips, or screws thats holding it in place, but you should be able to free it easy,as it just sits there with a clip or two holding it in place, any that i have ever changed was just held in place or down by 3 clips, its not a hard job to do once you can get at the element.. good luck.
l, December 2011