On 03/24/2016 07:24 PM, Oren wrote:

Anyway, this time it's going to be a lot more difficult than the first
time, because the shaft and the bearing have locked/rusted together. PB
Blaster and hefty whacks with the hammer haven't done the trick yet.

Do you have a bearing puller? Or is it time for a new unit...

The drum has metal inserts into which the outer rings of the bearings
fit, so I have to get the shaft of the basket free of the inner rings of
those bearings first -- and one bearing is inserted from the outside,
the other from the inside. So no way to use a bearing puller.

If by "new unit" you mean new drum/basket assembly (a few hundred $$),
then that would be a waste of money. New washer? Maybe, if push comes to
shove.

Perce