First off I want to say Appliance Part Pros rock! I have used them for purchasing repair items for other appliances in the past, so when my washer started making weird noises this was my go to source. I thought my problem was likely pump motor related as the water wasn't draining and I could hear the sound of the pump trying to work. After reviewing what others who had similar situations found to be the problem I took a gamble and decided to get the drain pump.
Some who had that problem decided to replace the recirculating pump at the same time. I chose to do this as well. Our washer was 10 years old, and since you have to basically take out both pumps at the same time (since they are connected to the lint trap) it was worth it. I figure it will be quite a while before I disassemble my washer like this again, and for and extra $50 to also get the recirculating pump it was worth it to know both were new and continue to function.
I have to say the video for this was absolutely OUTSTANDING! It really did go step by step as to how to do this job. I kept the video pulled up on my iPad and just paused as necessary. My washer might have had an additional screw on the back side of the control panel not mentioned in the video, but that was it, otherwise it was exactly the same set up.
The biggest challenge (if you want to call it that was getting the wire and spring back over the rubber door seal. For some reason my spring had rusted pretty bad. I simply put it on my bench grinder with a wire brush and buffed it all of and the spring was like new.
I noticed that the hinge pin had worked itself about 1/3 of the way out on the wash door, so I pounded that back down. Those doors are fairly heavy, and that may be why I had a leak as it was not sitting correctly with the hinge pin partly out of place.
One of the other maintenance steps I did while replacing these pumps was to clean the microfilters on the rear of the washer where the hoses attach. There is a small orange filter which can be removed with a pair of pliers on the HOT side. Mine had a bunch of debris and sediment in it. After 10 years of use about 3/4 of the filter was blocked. An old toothbrush helped get that clean again. Our COLD side was ok. I used new white pipe thread tape on the threads on both washer and supply valve sides for the hoses to ensure no leaks once everything got reconnected.
All in all an easy repair and saved hundreds by not having to call out a repair tech. Parts arrived in 3 days on regular/economy delivery.