DIY Removing A VERY Stuck Seized Washplate Agitator on a Washing Machine (How To)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2023
- How to remove a very stuck wash plate/impeller agitator...use caution when attempting!
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Thank you for this video! After 3 evenings trying to remove the wash plate, I went to Harbor Freight and bought 3 bags. I placed them just like you instructed in the video and poured some CLR in and BOOM, that thing came flying off! I can't thank you enough!
I had a seriously stuck agitator. I loosened (but not removing it) the agitator screw, put the machine in wash cycle a few times and finally removed the screw and the agitator came floating off. The strong back and forth movement during the wash cycle will loosen any stuck agitator.
Anyone else tried this and can confirm? I might try if my shim method doesn't work overnight tonight.
WOW...........it worked. Thanks so much. After trying several different methods suggested on YT I came across your video. I ordered the less expensive Gute air bags and they came with several different plastic levers so you don't have to use metal screw drivers. They only cost $18.31 on Amazon Prime and I received then in two days. Thanks again.
It worked!!! Several attempts and different combinations of air and water. Mine took bags as deep as possible and over a gallon of boiling water in one continuous pour. Thanks for the help
Nice. Thanks for the demonstration and the links to the winbags in the description!
I try everything and the piece was very stuck..
I try your method and works!!!!!!
Exactly as you show. Thanks for the tip.....
Shoestring worked well to. Wrap it..push something so its under, wrap around and pull up
Regardless of whos idea this originally was/is, it works awesome. Worth every penny of purchase price. Thank you!
Those winbags are amazing! I always steal my partners for use in the laundry room or leveling appliances lol
Thanks for the video. It worked!! Repair company was going to charge $275.
Great video. Mine was completely seized. Followed this video to a T. Did not break lose until I started pouring boiling water into the center of the agitator plate. Kept pouring slowly and continuously for about 45 seconds when it popped up on its own. THANKS.
I tried all the other methods this time and I couldn't get it off. I came across this video and borrowed some air wedges. Keep them even and be patient. I had to move them around as it started to loosen up. The hot water was the key. I had to repeat the process 3-4 times and bam!! It popped off.
I grabbed a large bit extender that was similar size to the metal nut end of the shaft that you see in the center and tapped it down whilst pulling up on the stuck agitator and it slid off easily
I used the airbags and hot water and my washplate did not come off. Only when I put the bolt back and screwed it down some and tapped it lightly with a hammer then I had sucess.
NOTES: hot adjustment
setting 1: 2/20, 10% warm, 90% hot
setting 3: 4/20, 20% warm, 80% hot
setting 5: 8/20, 40% warm, 60% hot
setting 8: 17/20, 85% warm, 15% hot
After removing the bolt, pour CLR into the hole and let it sit for 20 minutes. Then partially reinstall the bolt as protection against the wash plate blowing off into your face when inflating the air bags.
Use of air bags was a great tip for me. They cost like $60 for 3 and took a bit to get placed but were key to plate removal IMHO.
I ALSO needed a wire-to-ratchet strap pull-up assistance AND I used a steam machine (on the bolt area) for some direct heat. To be clear, that's 3 different, simultaneous-used tools in play.
I was preparing boiling water too but the plate popped-up before the hot water was ready. I did a little rubber hammer shock-pounding too along the way.
My LG top-loader plate took me hours to get off and I mangled the plate's top a bit - I can bend it back.
The plate's going to receive a little cleaning and bit of anti-moisture lubricate (AKA grease) when it goes back in.
All this effort (and next-up drum removal and cleaning) to remove some persistent scrud. It's been a costly endeavor and real inconvenience but better than buying a new washing machine!
Sounds just like my experience. The water was boiling when that plate let go.
What of its already broken and I need to get the metal piece in the center off? I need help.
This was the only tip that worked for us. Such a godsend on advice. Thank you.
Amazing!
Given how common this problem seems to be, you'd think that the hub would have some threads, so you could use some sort of puller. [That's how you do steering wheels, steering linkages, etc. -BTW, pickle forks damage the parts and aren't recommended by competent mechanics and engineers; only done by "greasers".]
Thank you bro the hardest part was putting the bags in there omg it scared the jesus out of me
...or a blood pressure cuff??
But, This is Outrageous!
Why can/t they just fasten everything together with bolts?? I'm working on my (1984) GE washer. I got the top cap off the agitator with a hairdryer. Hoever, I see NO bolts or other type of fastener to get the agitator off.
Why hot water not WD-40 or similar ??
That's Like The Old School Agi-Tamer, I Don't Know If They Still Sell Those Though
my hat off to you
Ive tried this but mine was soo stuck that broke my plate
Quick question, the liquid that is captured in the drum, is it in there from the factory and if so, is it water or a glycol, I want to store a spare drum up in my attic to save space and I'm concerned that it will freeze, destroying the drum.
I have a spare drum and have the same question
Wow!
I use 2 hooks on each side and get it underneath the plate and then pull up, if not successful I use WD40
Ever had the plastic bit come off by not the gear inside…😢
I just did this and it worked, but the metal piece didn't come out with it. All of the replacement parts have the metal piece and I can't get it off the washer. Any advice?
I used a Dremel tool with a cutting wheel to make 4 vertical cuts through the insert, being careful to just barely cut through the insert without cutting into the transmission shaft.
This I did after a puller could not remove the insert.
What about the bicycle inner tube method; with canned air??
Or...what if you were to wrap (un-popped) popcorn in aluminum foil, along with one or two activated hand warmers, and put the whole thing in a rubber pencil case? Maybe the steam from the popping corn could Really exert a LOT of pressure on the plate??
...and, how about Demolition concrete??
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As an appliance repair Tech our most common way of removing wash plates that are stuck is with a small sledgehammer or a cutting tool
Customers are told this in advance and given estimate as this is a very common part of replacing a bearing on Cabrios. Most technicians don't have the time to waste pumping up airbags which don't always work. If a wash plate cannot be pried up easily it has to be broken because the ferrell part of the wash plate is almost always completely corroded onto the bearing shaft. Replacing bearings on cabrio's is a very expensive job which is why I don't recommend cabrio's to anybody
I put the bolt in just enough to rip them out with brute force and a pair of channel locks. The bolt dies but more often than not i can save the washplate.
10-20 minutes is too long to remove this using air bags ? plus the agitator plate is reusable. so tell me you can destructively remove the agitator plate in less time ? i doubt it. it might have taken me 20 minutes at most because i heated a cup of water in microwave.
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hi great
I likely won't get an HE Washer.
I would of thort that is would of been filthy under there lol
Ultimately this is a Maytag....etc... design problem. If you cant fix this problem (maytag), go back to the old agitator.
NEVER AGAIN working on a wash plate washer. Worthless garbage machines only massage the bottom of the clothes. And the one I was working on was SEIZED beyond any possibility of any technique working. After dousing it in WD40 overnight and hammering, prying, lifting all corners... NOTHING would budge it. Ended up just shattering it to bits with a hammer, only way to get it off, and it even held on there too. Probably just going to throw the whole washer out.
Sick joke too - the one video that actually addressed disassembly of a similar model to mine, just glazed right over removing that stupid agitator. Remove screw, jump cut... lift out the wash plate! Easy as that.
ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. NEVER WANT TO SEE ONE OF THESE HORRIBLE MACHINES AGAIN. Not to wash my clothes, not to repair! These things are EVIL start to finish.
Wash playe design sucks.
Windbag is crap. 1 didnt inflate at all.
I’ll give it a shot, nothing else has worked, was mulling over some kind of hooked nails on wires twisting up to a 4x. This thing is more stubborn than a democrat.