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Well finally got tired of listening to the jet take off noises every time it went into spin and tore it down again today. Got just a USA bearings and seal kit off Amazon for 14 bucks with a warranty and picked out the best leftover shaft of the three I have and went after it. Had to bang the...

The water bill here in Portland is billed every 3 months and includes the sewer and super fund charges. When we got our first full bill it was 306 bucks. We were using a old school DD whirlpool that was using around 50 gallons a load. As soon as I got a decent refund from the mortgage deduction...

I always liked the unstoppable purpose built durability of military vehicles and I wanted a WW2 Jeep or a Power Wagon. So, my first car was a 42 Ford GPW Jeep, my second was a 41 1/2 ton weapons carrier closed cab pickup with a winch. I also really liked early Mopars so when I realized that I...

When my Kenmore he machine is working right its dead quiet practically, cleans well enough, and saves me a bunch on my overpriced water bill. It's also way bigger load wise than my old direct drive top loader so I don't really care how long it takes because it does a lot more per load. Too bad...

If you like 7 it will continue to work till something crashes. Make a hard backup and store it somewhere safe and be happy. There's a way to get get extended support for free if you look around to some of the geek sites that do hacks and work arounds if you're really worried about it. I use one...

OK, the bottle probably says that somewhere. I have a Ace and a O Rielies right down the street from my house. Not sure I have any blue Lock Tight around anymore and that stuff tends to dry up eventually anyway. I used the red to lock down the lens frames to my cheap Chinese prescription...

Well, unless the shaft from the OEM kit is completely pitted and rusty already it should be fine with a clean up. The bearings arrived today and APPEAR to be high quality. They even put grease round blobs on the seal where it runs against the shaft so it should be ready to go once I seal it to...

We did a fairly large load last night. OK, did a large load of work jackets and hoodies last night, didn't throw any codes, spun up to high speed with a couple of balance stops, seems fine again 👍 It makes noise still but everything works and it doesn't leak. I ordered the bearings and seal...

OK, found the UL issue Like it says I went ahead and eventually decided staring at it wasn't going to trouble shoot and fix it so I cleared out enough space to pull it out as far as the fill hoses would allow. I noticed last night when I was looking under it to see where the scraping noise was...

It's not throwing a f51 code for the rps sensor and the basket isn't wobbling around excessively when it spins so I guess the rods could be bad now. I wonder if I should get a rps sensor, bearing kit, and rods just to be safe. If I tear into it again I don't want to do it again right away. I did...

Thanks, it's so frustrating recently every time I do something it doesn't last like it should on this thing. When it's right it's quiet, uses little water, and cleans well enough but everything is ganging up on me at once. The parts are cheap enough but it's always a big job to tear it down to...

Tried just the spin cycle in high with nothing loaded and still throws the code but took about 3 restarts to get through it. Something is making a occasional scraping noise so maybe something is out of place or broke now. Guess I'm at least pulling it out and looking around behind and underneath.

Now constant ul error on spin Well it continues to frustrate me. Now it thumps and refills forever and eventually stops with the code and unlocks the door. We have to keep restarting it and after 5 or so restarts when we switch it to spin only mode it makes it it to fast spin and stops. I can...

I think the seal just isn't up to keeping the moisture from seeping down the shaft and into the bearings eventually. They sell supposedly improved seals from many manufacturers and I read about people's issues getting decent quality parts to replace everything with. Most of the non OEM ones...

Well it was a Whirlpool box but it wasn't from Whirlpool and it shouldn't fail after 233 days. The first seal looked damaged when I took it back apart. The machine went into service in 2014 and leaked in 2019 so it made warranty but the older direct drive machine I had never ate the bearings...

It's a direct drive with a floating basket. I had all the model numbers eventually in my original thread when I redid the bearings and shaft twice. The first time the seal never went flush and it was making noise and leaking almost immediately so I bought original whirlpool parts and swapped...

Well that Kenmore I Replaced the shaft and bearings in 233 days ago is already starting to make noise again. I used a OEM whirlpool shaft and bearing kit and the sealer and gease that came with it this time. It's been nice and quiet till just recently so obviously the upper seal and sealant...

Reminds me of the teardown I did to my Kenmore when the main tub shaft bearings and seal went away. I bought the special bearing and install tools for mine too. Mines a newer HE top loader and it was about as much work as yours to tear it down then the seal was installed improperly and leaked so...

I like the show but I guess they have been doing a lot more of the plunk it on a lot, completely reframe it, and sell it for a LOT more money. Of course it's a bit scripted, they all are, or nobody would watch except contractors. You see all the people walking around and checking out the house...

Amazon and eBay for parts I use those two and do saved searches and save good vendors. I bought a brand new OEM pump for my Kenmore/whirlpool 28102 washer after I noticed how noisy it was after replacing the main shaft bearings and seal. Those spin cycle drain pumps are around 100 normally and...