2048778290 Kenmore Upright Vacuum - Instructions

The pump was leaking through a small portal on the front. I do not know what purpose the portal which was covered served...but that was the portal (half moon shaped) that was leaking. I decided to try and glue it with poly epoxy...glued it once, checked for water leak and then added more glue..waited overnight for glue to dry. I reinstalled the glued pump and it is working fine. The new pump is now on my shelf for backup. Taking the old one off and reinstalling is no problem. follow suggestions of others at this site.

Remove 2 screws on top front of control panel.
Lift up and flip control panel over.
Use screwdriver to undo the 2 large clips.
Lift, tilt and and remove washer cabinet.
Remove pump retaining clips with screwdriver.
Remove hose clamps with pliers.
Put plastic bag under/around old pump to catch water).
Remove hoses from old pump (this is where all the water goes into the bag :).
Put new pump in place. ...
Reverse process to reassemble everything.
Stare in amazement at how easy this was!

The pump was leaking water around the shaft.
The only thing holding it was 2 spring clamps that can be popped off with a screw driver. Then remove the two hoses with chanel lock pliers and reverse the procedure with the new pump. Problem solved in about 15 minutes!!!

First I tipped the washer back, popped off the hoses (removed clamps) & replaced part. Put hoses & clamps back on & it worked fine.

1- Ordered and received a new bleach dispenser.
2- Removed broken dispenser from machine.
3-Dropped in new dispenser.
Viola! It was fixed and no more random left over bleach stains on non-bleach loads of laundry! :-)

puld pump off put pump back on

All I had to do was lean washer down on it's back. To be able to get to the pump. No need to remove case. Just remove 2 snnap clips & 2 hose clamps, she came right off & went right back on. Took less than 10 min!! Easiest appl repair I've ever done. Not to mention my part came earlier than expected!! Go for it . . . . . . . . . . Very simple bill

I layed washer on its side to access pump from bottom, use straight screwdriver to unsnap the two clips securing pump. Use pliers to remove both hose clamps , remove pump from hoses. Install new pump in reverse order.

my daughter her friend and I turned the washing machine onto it's side and found the water pump my daughter knew how to remove the hose clamps and then couldn't figure out how to remove the pump clamps so her friend and I got down there and she figured out that we needed to just pop off the pump clamps used a screwdriver to snap the back one off and she just used her fingers on the front clamp. we removed the old pump put on the new pump and replaced the hoses and the clamps and now I have my washer back!!!!! 15 min repair!!! after waiting for the men in my life to fix it for 2 months!!!!

1) Turned off power
2) Tilted washer on to its back legs and the wide held it there.
3)Removed the inlet and outlet hoses on the pump using channel lock pliers.
4) Using screw driver I detached the clips that hold the pump in place.
5) Removed Pump
6) Inserted new pump attaching the clips to hold it in place.
7) Attached the hoses.
8) Set washer back on all four legs and washed a load of clothes to confirm that the leak was fixed. Actually you could see a discolored spot where the water had been running from the pump shaft seal so it seemed pretty obvious that it was the culprit.

Very easy.

Put washer on its back
Use pliers to loose spring clamps and remove hoses
Unsnap pump clamps
Remove old pump and replace it with new one
Done

I disconnected the power, hot and cold water feed lines and the drain line. (Be sure to turn off the water sources before removing lines from machine.) I pulled the machine away from the wall and laid it on its back. Have a bowl or container to collect the water from the drain and some towels for incidental spillage. With a pliers, remove the two water hoses (inlet and outlet) from the pump, right on the bottom of the motor. The pump is held on by two metal clips that are pryed off with a screw driver. The pump pulls straight off of the drive shaft. To avoid frustration when setting the new pump, be sure to align the insert point on the pump with the shaft. The two retainer clips can be reset by hand. Reattach the inlet and outlet hoses, set the machine upright, reattach the drain line, hot and cold water lines and move back into place. Plug the machine in and turn on water sources. Easy-peasy.

i followed the online video ,very easy repair with common household tools.saved hundreds of dollors on new washer.thanks!

I went on-line to the Whirlpool web site, looked at troubleshooting, found the description of the problem; i.e. a broken water pump. I found PartSelect on-line, they had everything I needed, ordered my part, had it in three days. I disconnected the electricity, turned my water off, pulled the washer away from the wall, leaned the washer back so I could get underneath. I then used a pair of crimping pliers, loosening the two hoses, removed the old water pump, installed the new water pump, re-clamped the water hoses; all this took about ten minutes and Voila! I will use PartSelect Again. James E.

Followed the disassembly instructions given which were quite easy. I will admit I've done quite a bit of my own appliance repair before. VERY easy to replace the pump but unfortunately it wasn't what was leaking after reassembly. The corrugated drain hose was actually the leak source. Guess the smart thing to do would have been to go after the easier and cheaper repair tries first. At least this way, I have a new pump which should now last the life of the unit and it doesn't leak. I was able to find the hose locally for about the same price as PartSelect. However the pump was much, much cheaper even including shipping from PartSelect. Quick shipping too but a little frustrating because the person on the phone wasn't able to tell me what warehouse the pump was coming from. If I knew it was going to be Dallas, I wouldn't have paid for quicker shipping. Overall, very good experience.