To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or
death, disconnect power to unit before servicing.
Disassembly Procedures
RS3100007 Rev. 0 20
WARNING
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Loading
door
5. Maneuver loading door from washer cabinet top.
Loading
door
6. Remove screws securing right hinge and remove
loading door.
7. Reverse procedure to reassemble.
Agitator
1. Open loading door.
2. Remove agitator by placing hands under agitator lip
and pull upward, if agitator is stuck or stubborn use
two agitator hooks, No. 254P4P, under bottom edge
of agitator.
Agitator
hooks
NOTE: Hooks must be positioned 180° from each other,
and must be placed under base of agitator near
agitator vane for greater stability. If hooks are
placed between the vane area, agitator damage
may occur.
3. Using a rocking motion (side-to-side) carefully lift
agitator up off drive bell.
4. To reassemble place agitator on top of drive bell.
Slowly rotate agitator until fingers on underside of
agitator line up with large slots on drive bell.
5. A sharp blow on top of agitator, with the palm of your
hand, will force agitator down onto drive bell,
allowing fingers on underside of agitator to lock
under bottom edge of drive bell.
NOTE: Do not push agitator onto drive bell any further
than necessary.
Agitator, Drive Bell and Seal Assembly
NOTE: If water is present in washtub, remove water
before attempting to remove drive bell.
1. Remove agitator, see “Agitator” procedure.
2. Remove plug and 7/16" bolt from top of drive bell.
3. Using care pry drive bell upward off transmission
shaft.
4. Remove old seal from hub assembly by:
a. Placing a flat bladed screwdriver between bottom
edge of seal and hub.
b. Using washtub bolts as a pry area, pop off lower
seal bead.
c. Grasping bottom of seal and pulling straight up
freeing upper seal bead.
Hex
nut
Hub
assembly
Hub
shoulder Bronze
bearing
Washer
Transmission
output shaft
5. Clean all foreign material from seal mounting area of
hub assembly, bronze bearing and washer.
6. Lubricate new seal with liquid soap or soapy water to
aid in assembly of seal onto hub.