Do-It-Yourself Story

I decided to take the agitator apart before I ordered new parts. BTW, this is a 15-year-old washer. As I pulled the inner cap off I found that it did not seal correctly and my bolt was a rusty mess. My 7/16 socket would not even grip it well. But I took some paper towels and used it as a liner inside my socket and I was able to grip the bolt enough to that I could turn it out. Once it was off, everything came out easy. And for sure it was the agitator dogs that were worn badly. In fact, I am glad that ordered a new kit because the old portion with the agitator dogs just fell apart when I pulled the middle off the top. Putting the new kit in was a breeze. I put the agitator dogs into the clear portion of the kit and the yellow part then clicked into place when I put it on so that it was like one assembly with no parts falling off as the old parts did. Lining up that new kit to the middle section of the agitator so that it grabbed the bottom section took a little bit of finesse but when it lined up it clicked in as well. I used 0-ring lube on the inner cap when I installed it and that too took a few tries to seat properly. But all in all, the project was easy and quick. We cleaned it out with Affresh and its back to running normally.