Kenmore age.

[DADoES]

 

The centerpost in your picture is the neck of the inner basket.  That's not the source of the leaking. 

 

There's another centerpost under it that comes up from the baseplate, through which the basket spin drive shaft and transmission agitator drive shaft are fitted with seals and bearings on both.  That's what's leaking.

 

[laundryboy]

If I can take out the inner basket, its it possible to seal up the other center post and outer basket somehow for a temp fix, until I can fully restore the machine ?

 

[kenmoreguy64]

No sir, good thought though. The seals involved are rubber on moving steel parts. There is not a way to augment them to beef them up, not even temporarily.

Gordon

 

[goatfarmer]

Go get 'er , Gordon!