I Know Really!
My mother never pulled the agitator out to look at it. A washing machine was a washing machine, but I pulled it out by mistake. Back when I was back in high school she asked me to go back to the lasundry room and transfer the bedspread from the washer to the dryer. It was one of those heavy cotton spreads that weighed a ton wet. I used about all my stength to woosh that spead out of the tub and out came the spread agitator and all!. OMG. I thought I had destroyed the washing machine. Phew. Much to my delight, it just clicked back into place. That was a close one!!!