hippiedoll
Well-known member
hi all!!!
i have a question.....
well, i finally got around to removing the agitator on my GA208 tonight. i had tried before and i couldn't get it to budge at all!!! so, i finally filled the 2 biggest pots we have, with water and put them on the stove to boil. i did this twice and got the washer about 1/2 full of the boiling water. then, i turned the washer on for the full 10 minute regular wash cycle, but i put it on "GENTLE" agitation so that the water would stay above that inner solid piece of the agitator.
once the wash cycle was over the washer drained, like it's supposed to and once the tub was empty, i figured, i'd stop the spinning cuz i didn't want the agitator to cool off. so once the washer stopped spinning, i grabbed the bottom sides of the agitator and pulled up. and guess what!!??
it came up with a slight "POP". but boy was it dirty on & all around the agitator shaft!!! it was like caked on, baked on mud. i got a scrubber and scrubbed the inner tub, around the agitator shaft and got most of what i could off of the agitator shaft.
sorry for the long message but here comes my question....
for now, i've put the replacement agitator onto the shaft and pushed it down & heard that slight "POP" when it went down all the way. but my question is;
should i put something like a lubrication on the ribbed metal agitator shaft??
i kinda remember reading in a thread that you could use vaseline on the agitator shaft. is this correct? or do i have to go to the store (walmart or ???) and buy a special kind of lubrication?? or do i NOT need to lubricate the agitator shaft???
thank you all in advance for your replies & advice. i look forward to hearing from you all that are in the "know", of these things.
;o)
i have a question.....
well, i finally got around to removing the agitator on my GA208 tonight. i had tried before and i couldn't get it to budge at all!!! so, i finally filled the 2 biggest pots we have, with water and put them on the stove to boil. i did this twice and got the washer about 1/2 full of the boiling water. then, i turned the washer on for the full 10 minute regular wash cycle, but i put it on "GENTLE" agitation so that the water would stay above that inner solid piece of the agitator.
once the wash cycle was over the washer drained, like it's supposed to and once the tub was empty, i figured, i'd stop the spinning cuz i didn't want the agitator to cool off. so once the washer stopped spinning, i grabbed the bottom sides of the agitator and pulled up. and guess what!!??
it came up with a slight "POP". but boy was it dirty on & all around the agitator shaft!!! it was like caked on, baked on mud. i got a scrubber and scrubbed the inner tub, around the agitator shaft and got most of what i could off of the agitator shaft.
sorry for the long message but here comes my question....
for now, i've put the replacement agitator onto the shaft and pushed it down & heard that slight "POP" when it went down all the way. but my question is;
should i put something like a lubrication on the ribbed metal agitator shaft??
i kinda remember reading in a thread that you could use vaseline on the agitator shaft. is this correct? or do i have to go to the store (walmart or ???) and buy a special kind of lubrication?? or do i NOT need to lubricate the agitator shaft???
thank you all in advance for your replies & advice. i look forward to hearing from you all that are in the "know", of these things.
;o)