First off, I wouldn't have tackled this job if it wasn't for finding the excellent video on this website. Although I've always been very handy, it gave me the confidence to do it.
The repair people told my just to buy a new one because they would charge $700 for the repair. Even though the washer is 11 years old, I couldn't see throwing it out as it otherwise still works great.
So although the repair took me about 6 hours total, it was pretty straight forward if you follow the video step by step. Again the video is great.
One thing that I came across that I had a problem with was pounding the inner drum out of the outer drum. No matter how much penetrating oil I used, no matter how many pieces of wood I went through to pound on the spindle, I couldn't get it to budge, probably because it's 11 years old. Anyway, I had to get it out so I went ahead and pounded on it with my metal mallet, without any wood to protect the spindle. It finally started to move and I was finally able to get it out.
Unfortunately, the spindle ended up being a little mushroomed at the top and I couldn't get that housing that slides on the spindle to go back on (I tested that before moving forward), so I had to order a new spider, which held up my repair job for a couple of days. But it was worth it because I really didn't have another choice unless I wanted to give up.
Other than that, you just have to be really careful when putting the new bearings in. I put mine in the freezer for a while to shrink them slightly and I think that helped getting them in. It's a very tight fit.
So now I have the washer working again and it is working great.