Customer Questions and Answers for Retaining Nut (Pump/Motor Assembly) by Whirlpool

Hello Alfredo. If the noise is a bearing noise, you will need to order 280251 and WPW10165321 to repair the unit. Thanks.

Micky, To remove the pulley from the basket, place the handle of a crescent wrench through the pulley and into the steel bearing hub to keep the pulley from turning. Use a 21-millimeter socket wrench to remove the nut securing the pulley to the basket. The pulley nut and shaft is a "standard" thread, right/clockwise, to tighten and left/counterclockwise to loosen. They are torqued very tightly at the factory, you don't really want to try to hold the pulley with your hand, when you start removing or tightening the nut.

Boyce, We do not have specs on the whether the nut is metric or the diameter and pitch.

Greg, To the best of our knowledge, No, the tub bearing cannot be repalced, satisfactorily. The tub bearing is "pressed" into the outer tub on the production line, while the outer tub is still "hot" and seals to the tub assembly. The proper repair will require the replacement of the rear outer tub assembly W10772619.

Hello Brian, the stud you are wanting is part of the basket WPW10250573 and not sold separately. Thanks!

Hello Karen. The nut is 1 1/8" nut WPW10283361.

Hello John. You can use a little loctite on the nut WPW10283361. There is no specific torque requirement on the nut. Hope this helps.

Hello. No, to get the bearing you will need this part.W10772617 Hope this helps.