Do-It-Yourself Story

Here is where I have to caution you the videos are great but not all LGs are the same. The part fit great but here is what I found. To start off taking the the top off, it is shown in the video to slip a putty knife to release the clips that hold the front edge of the top and they show that those clips are steel and that is what I did. Not on mine (an Model WT8401CW Product Code: T1024ADF.ABWEEUS) this has plastic clips and work by taking out the two rear screws in the back then lifting the top slightly in the back and sliding the top forward towards the front super easy if you know that. Unfortunately I did not know that and ended up breaking one of the plastic clips. So be careful and look for the screws in the back of the top first and take them out and try to slide it forward it could save you a lot of time and headache. everything else went as expected per the video however upon reassembly is where I ran into another issue and that is the Rotor Assembly (the part with all the permanent magnets on the motor) This had some debris in it that I did not see or even look for and after reassembly and a test run there were some noises coming from the rotor so after taking it back apart I discovered the debris. Because the magnets are very strong it is difficult to clean it out because just blowing it with compressed air did not work because the magnet was holding the debris inplace. I ended up using a small precision screwdriver and a small thin piece of aluminum (Remember this is magnetic and steel tools are hard to control when near the magnets) to coax the debris to the surface from in between and around the magnets and then use a stiff brush (Plastic) to remove them along with my fingers. It does work ok now and have run a load or two through the washer. As far as tools I had to borrow an impact to get the common nut off and buy a 38mm socket but all the other tools I had already. I would do this again if needed and save hundreds of dollars doing this myself. it would be nice to have a video on how best to clean the rotor and maybe one that warns about taking the top off because had I known about the two screws and that the top will just slide off I could have saved half an hour in this process.