I looked up the replacement part on AppliancePartsPros.com then watched the “how to” video on what was involved in replacing it. It looked pretty easy so I ordered the part(came the next day!) and I replaced it. I was gonna order a spring spreader but couldn’t find one that would be wide enough so I made one with some 1/4 threaded rod, eyelets, and nuts. I got this from a guy who made it on the net) it worked great. The video had the guy pulling the string on but he looked like he’s done it a 1000 times, I didn’t want to struggle!