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Hi, it’s Steve from PartSelect. Today we’re going to show you how to change the thrust
spacer on your washer. It’s a really easy job. All we’re going to need is a 7/16ths
socket, extension, and a ratchet. We also should have some dual action agitator grease
as well. Let me show you how it’s done.
The first step with this repair, as with any major appliance, we should disconnect the
power supply, just pull out the cord.
We need to get the agitator out of the washer to do this repair; most of these models will
have some kind of fabric softener cup on the top of the agitator, just simply grab hold
of that and pull it off.
Next we need to remove the inner cap & seal; it’s a clear plastic device located just
down inside the dual action agitator. Just reach down in there, hook your fingers in
it, and pop it out. The seal may or may not come out with it.
Next we’re going to take our ratchet with the 7/16ths socket, locate the bolt in the
center, grab the base of the agitator to keep it from turning, completely loosen that bolt.
Once we have the bolt completely loosened, reach down pull the agitator from the base.
Close our lid.
With the bolt completely removed you should be able to pull gently up on this top portion
of the agitator to separate it from the base; if it doesn’t come off easily you can set
that on the floor and put your feet on it to hold it down and pull up on the top.
This exposes our thrust spacer, simply remove this and discard.
We should clean this portion of the agitator just in case there’s any old soap *** on
there; we’ll clean that up and we’ll apply the dual action agitator grease mainly around
the top portion here. Also note, that on the inside there’s a couple of tabs here, those
are for factory use only so you can break those off as they will get in the way when
you go to reinstall the top portion of the agitator.
Take our new spacer and you’ll notice there’re two slots on it, line those up with the two
slots on the barrel of the agitator. Apply a liberal amount of the dual action agitator
grease to that bearing surface. Then reinstall the top portion of the agitator.
Now when reinstalling this what we should do to make it easier is to take the agitator
bolt, put it in your socket, hold it upright, and line it up from the inside. It just makes
it easier when you go to put the whole thing back together.
Now the agitator is ready to install, center it over the agitator shaft, seat firmly, tighten
up the 7/16ths bolt, the top portion of this agitator should turn clock-wise, but not counter
clock-wise. Ok, everything is working good there.
Now to put our cap back on we should clean up the groove that the o-ring sits in, install
our new o-ring. It helps to put a little bit of dish detergent on that before you slide
it into the agitator barrel, it’ll snap in a lot easier. Lower it down into place,
press it in, make sure the gasket stayed in place, put our fabric softener dispenser back
in, and our repair is complete.
That’s how easy it is to put a thrust spacer on your washer; thanks for watching, and good
luck with your repair.