Agitator Auger and Base Assembly

Loosened set screw that held agitator assembly to shaft. Pulled assembly off. Place new assembly onto shaft, tightened set screw. Done. Less than five minuets.

I decided to replace the belts on this machine since it was 17 years old. So I did that first, then I loosened the screw at the base of the agitator and lifted it off. I noticed the two mesh filters underneath the agitator base. They were filled with hard water and lint type material. It was all gummed up. I used CLR and a screw driv ... Read more er to scrape it off. I could have ordered new mesh filters but I just cleaned them instead. It took a while since they were so bad. Then the new agitator just slipped on and I placed the new screw in. Job was done.

The old agitator would just spin freely on the spindle; we kept lifting it out and trying to re-seat it, but something inside was broken and rattling. I watched a brief youtube video that showed how to disconnect the whole piece with a socket wrench on the central spindle, but it turned out that ours was held on only by a tiny nut at the ... Read more bottom side of the spindle. It took only a minute to unscrew the nut with a nut wrench, lift out the whole agitator, and replace it with the new one -- I'm amazed it was that simple, but it has been working fine all week!