Whirlpool WPY015666 Retaining Washer (Center) OEM Part

Not one to patch a job, I ordered all seal kit, bearing kit, new shaft keeper, transmission oil, spanner wrench. I have the newer version of the agitator shaft so it does not have the groove for the internal clip. I Custom ground a thick washer so that as the agitator shaft goes into the transmission it fit flush into the slot for the old style shaft clip. With the plastic keeper in position I marked and pull the shaft. I drilled a hole that would be fit tight against the custom washer and used an eight penny nail bent around the shaft as a permanent internal keeper. The agitator shaft will not come out of the transmission again.

This washing machine is 19 years old, had water leaking from tub seal. Not the most difficult job I have ever done but installing the tub and bolting to brackets is in a tight space for 2 of them and took about six hours due to checking disassembling and re-assembling on computer. In the end it probably saved me $800.00 that a new machine would have costs figuring a new would cost close to one thousand for a good one. The repair man I use did not want to get involved in the repair but wanted to sell me a new one, of course.