Lg FAA30970901 Washer Drum Spider Bolt OEM Part

I opted to save myself about $600 by repairing my 8 year old LG washing machine rather than buying a new one. After watching some videos I determined what I needed upon taking my washing machine apart. I ended up replacing the tub (includes spider and shaft), since I could not get the spider part removed from the original tub, as well as the motor bolt (which had broken when I removed it from the original tub's shaft). The spider was cracked and the shaft was wobbling which caused it to sound like it belonged at a construction site. I also found that one of the locking pins had came out at some point, which probably helped lead to the broken spider as the tub was not held down evenly. I ordered the replacement parts on a Sunday night and they were delivered by Thursday around 11am. The repair did take some time (i.e. a couple nights), as this was my first time doing this, but the videos online (check out buyspares and appliancepartspros.com) help walk you through the process. Just make sure you take pictures before you remove parts and separate and label the bolts and screws so you will know where they go. It is a time consuming process, but you'll be glad you saved a lot of money and you can enjoy the pride of repairing it yourself. I was impressed with only having to pay $8.99 to have the parts delivered by FEDEX in just 2 days and the purchase price was less than other sites. This was my first purchase from appliancepartspros.com and I will gladly do so again if needed.

I did some research on line after we had a service professional out and he could not determine the fix. I removed the bolt attaching the rotor assembly, removed the rotor and saw that it was partially stripped. Went on to partspro.com put in model #, and part required, and ordered it. I added the bolt to my order, and received the parts in three days. Put the part on in about ten minutes and the washer is like new again running great.

Replaced the spider. Had a problem getting one of the bolts out of the spider(stripped out). Cut bolt with a reciprocating saw. Had to replace baffle after cutting the spider bolt. Note: The spider was broken in 2 places. It appeared to have failed from galvanic corrosion. The inner tub and spider bolts are stainless steel and the spider is cast iron. LG needs to look at this design flaw.

I own a collision repair shop so I hauled the washer to work to fix it. I disassembled the washer and laid out all the parts on a table in the order they were removed along with the fasteners with each piece. After disassembled the drum I laid it across two blocks of wood to remove the bearings. I removed the seal with a screwdriver sprayed wd40 on the bearings and then used a air hammer with long blade to remove them they came out easily. I used the old bearings to place over the new ones and tapped them in with a hammer. I had ordered the two bearings the seal the bolt that hols the spider the spider and the seal between the two drums halves just in case and had all the parts I needed. The bearings and seal might have beeb all I needed but for the extra money it was worth it not to have to worry about ordering more parts. Repair went very smoothly and washer is very quiet now when spinning. Repair video was very helpful and parts came very quickly.

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