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Preparing to install your washer.

Unpacking the Washer

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WARNING: Destroy the carton and plastic bags after the washer is unpacked. Children might

use them for play. Cartons covered with rugs, bedspreads, or plastic sheets can become airtight chambers causing suffocation. Place all materials in a garbage container or make materials inaccessible to children.

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Cut the shipping carton along the dotted line at

the base of the unit.

 

 

While it is in the carton, carefully lay the washer

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on its back side.

 

 

Remove the styrofoam base.

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Carefully return the washer to an upright

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position and remove the carton.

 

 

Carefully move the washer to within 4 feet

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(122 cm) of the final location.

 

 

Remove the following from the back side of the

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washer:

4 bolts,

 

4 yellow plastic spacers,

4 metal “P” clamps.

9 Remove the large styrofoam block located under the drum. Lift up on the drum, tilt the base of the foam block inwards toward the rear of the washer until free, then pull the block out.

10 Remove and discard the yellow ribbon and label from the front of the washer.

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11 From the rear of the washer, carefully pull out the power supply cord through the hole in the backsheet.

12 Replace the service panel and screws.

NOTE: If you must transport the washer at a later date, you must reinstall the shipping support hardware to prevent shipping damage. Keep the hardware in the plastic bag provided.

 

BOLT

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SPACER

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"P" CLAMP

7 Removewasher. the service panel from the front of the

8 Remove the 4 nuts and 6 large washers that attach the 2 yellow shipping braces to the drum and the base. Lift up on the drum and remove the braces (a yellow ribbon surrounds the items to be removed). These braces must be removed to allow the power supply cord to be released from the shipping ring.

NOTE: Failure to remove the shipping braces can cause the washer to become severely unbalanced.

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