Waterspout for Model Number WFW9500TC01 There is a gray, unplated die-cast link bar about 1 1/2-inch long that has two eyeholes -- one at each end of the bar. It would look like a miniature box-ended wrench if it were viewable by itself. This link-bar is part of the hinge assembly and is used by the hinge as part of some parallelogram action to bring the hinge side of the door into contact with the door seal on the hinge side of the door as the latch side of the door is being brought into contact with the door seal on the latch side of the door when the door is closed. The hinge action on our machine got a little stiff recently and as I was working the door back and forth to loosen up the hinge, the eye on one end (the machine end) of the link bar broke. There is now no more parallelogram action when we close the door -- it takes two hands to do it now -- one hand pushing the latch side of the door into place and another pushing the hinge side of the door into place. Also, without the parallelogram positioning of the hinge side of the door that side of the door can be pushed open by tennis shoes or other heavy wash items striking the door when they tumbling about inside the wash drum during its rotation during normal machine operation. Is there anyway that this single, simple part costing but a fraction of a penny to make can be replaced by itself so we can avoid the $110.00-$150.00 cost of a complete hinge assembly?
Answer Hello Waterspout. Sorry, but the only way to get the bar is to order the hinge assembly WP8183202. Hope this helps. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Tuesday, December 6, 2011