Do-It-Yourself Story

Had to replace the seals - when I opened up the unit there was much water inside the lower compartment near the motor and other electrical and electronic parts -very bad. I have no idea how old the unit was (we got it used as it came with the house) but based on the amount of hard water deposits I suspected a very long time. When I pulled the inner tub out the rear bearings fell out and the inner race was cracked in half and many of the ball bearings fell out and were oblong or sheared completely in half. Exceptionally bad. The bearings listed on the website technically said they did not fit my model but I bought them anyway. To extract the old bearings took considerable effort. I bought a bearing puller but it simple did not work and just bent itself. I made modifications to the bearing puller and got the rear bearing fully out and the outer race fell into parts in my hands. The front bearing was a monster to get out but I kept at it and might have used a vert large hammer several times ... I took measurements and confirmed the new bearings actually are a perfect fit so tried to put them in - lacking a means to press the bearing in place I used a 3/4" x 8 inch threaded rod, some nuts and several large fender washers to assist in getting both bearings in place. 20 minutes after the new bearings were in the washer was back fully assembled and works like a silent champ! $80 of parts/tools plus ~4 hours sweat & muscle is way better than a new washing machine.