How to Troubleshoot & Replace Whirlpool AP6005809 / WP211232 Seal

I removed the front cover and saw water a rusted out drum cover clamp. Water gushed out at this point when i operated the machine. I ordered a new clamp and seal from Appliance Parts Pros, which arrived quickly. I wire-brushed the drum and it's cover clean, in the sealing area and installed the new seal and clamp. NOTE do not set the cover down all the way down, or the tub will not "spin". Leave 3/8- 1/2" clearance between the top of the tub and the upper cover. I chose to fix my old washer, because the reviews I read about new washers say newer machines take 30-60 minutes to do a load and often do not clean properly. Before I found Appliance Parts Pros, the local appliance parts store owner would grin as he said "Sorry NO discount" , because he had no competition. Thanks APP! 

We replaced the damper pads and the unbalance switch and decided to replace the belts while we were doing the other repairs because our Maytag SE1000 stack w/d was almost 30 years old. Replacing the belts was the easy part, no tools and just a couple of minutes to put on. 

Replaced seal and went ahead and changed tub kit and seal while I had it down. 

Replaced the seal and the washer would not spin on spin cycle. The top cover was pushed to far down and was making contacts with the inner tub, not allowing it to spin. Move the top cover up about 3/8 of an inch and spun inner tub by hand to make sure it was not rubbing. Ran a load and saw that it was leaking. Found the clamp was not placed correctly on the seal. Placed clamp correctly and still had a leak. Put a bead of silicon on the seal and installed, let it sit for 24 hrs and then tried again. No more leaks. 

The mounting stem was very loose. Replaced the mounting stem kit along with the tub bearing kit, which fixed the problem. 

Replaced tub seal and re-seated and sealed with silicone adhesive the inlet hose.