LUBRACTING THE WATER SEAL
You may be correct about the squeak coming from the water seal, I always grease the lip type water seals on washers FL & TL alike with a good quality grease. But in any event you have done an outstanding job saving a good washer from the crusher, your efforts will inspire many others to do the same. We are still in a learning curve with the newer Hi-Efficiency washers, but I have no dough that with the excellent quality control that is used in the production of new appliances today that many of these machines will easily be used 20-30 years.
You may be correct about the squeak coming from the water seal, I always grease the lip type water seals on washers FL & TL alike with a good quality grease. But in any event you have done an outstanding job saving a good washer from the crusher, your efforts will inspire many others to do the same. We are still in a learning curve with the newer Hi-Efficiency washers, but I have no dough that with the excellent quality control that is used in the production of new appliances today that many of these machines will easily be used 20-30 years.