Do-It-Yourself Story

I watched the video, then ordered the two bearings and inner and outer tub water seals. Disassembly when ok until it was time to tap the tub's shaft out of the old bearings. It did not go anything like the video with a few blows against the shaft with a hammer and a piece of wood. This shaft wouldn't budge with a sledge hammer! Unlike most DIY's, I have an aircraft rivet gun. With the air pressure cranked up to 130 lbs, I was able to jack-hammer the shaft out of the bearings! Removing the old bearings from the outer tub was almost as much fun, not easy like the video. Disassembly took more than the estimated two hours predicted for the entire job. I used the old bearings to tap in the new ones, therefore protecting the new bearings from any damage. I found my spider badly corroded. I tried to remove it from the tub but only one bolt on each spider arm would come out, so I ordered a new inter tub. Thankfully, the assembly went as advertised, and my LG machine runs like new. Now the high speed spin cycle is quiet, and no longer sounds like an approaching tornado!