AcidWater
DIY Senior Member

Finally got it. Guy told me to start with the gasket around the pump assy, lube it with soap & shove. With all my weight & wife pushing on my...

Tapping the loose screws is a good method. Have not messed with it yet. Have the replacement motor & very lazy in installing it. Not feeling like...

no external cap.

Photo here: http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?22850 I hesitate to whack on the ends unless that's the way its done. ...

The top & bottom housing pieces are stuck nice & tight to the stator... should I spray WD40 to loosen them up? Am I going to need to tap them with a...

>Call the Maytag Man Gordon & Jesse have both passed on... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432410/ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924964/bio But...

Found a replacement motor... but also told the bearings are replaceable. How do you take it apart to get to them? Took out the 4 long bolts but now...

FOUND THE MOTOR factory Whirlpool/Kitchenaid parts center: 800-253-1301 and they still have the original parts numbers on their system. They...

The shaft is locked up. Wish it didn't have the unique mounting plate. Then I could just toss in a new motor.

The pump comes off of the motor... Only unique things about this motor are 1) the pattern of the bolt holes for attaching the pump 2) the...

Not until I know what's wrong with it. Learning stuff. The lower seal must not spin at all; otherwise the rubber on the outside diameter would...

Hmmm... can't turn the shaft by hand... should I be able to do that or does the collar of the shaft seal hold it tightly? Might be the bearings...

If its the thermal protection switch it means something wrong with the motor. Can I cause the shaft to bind if I screw up replacing the shaft seal? ...