Do-It-Yourself Story

I had two problems with my LG washer: 1- The rotor assembly teeth had sheared off so it couldn’t spin the drum when laundry was in it. I had attempted to fix it by ordering just the plastic hub in the middle of the assembly for cheap on Am*zon, but it was a somewhat loose fit resulting in the rotor banging against the screws on the stator, plus making a growling sound, during spin. I ordered the full rotor assembly here, put that on, and it fixed both problems. I had also ordered a tub bearing and gasket because I wasn’t sure what caused the growling noise, but I returned those because they weren’t necessary. 2- The drain pump in my machine has been loud FOR YEARS—like we had to close the door of our bathroom when doing a load if we wanted to watch TV. It started sounding worse the last couple months. Then the other day the washer gave the OE error code. I took out the old pump to find out it was a non-OEM replacement. The new one is at least 60% quieter (rejoice!); but of course, it fixed the issue and we could do laundry once again (rejoice!). Honestly the hardest part of this repair is getting that front tub-gasket seal back on after you put the front of the washer back on.