Well thanks Jeff, the web site is very informative - I didn't know about it.

Yes, it is a Dependable Care model. Looks like the parts are about $115.
If I attempt it myself, I would expect to triple your work hours, so it
could take 2-4 hours. (The price of inexperience!) Or pay an appliance
repair guy maybe $100+ for labor.

Given your life expectancy of the washer, it could be worth it. However I
also experienced the transmission seize up problem once, that was mentioned
by another responder. (What's that burning smell wafting through the house?
Oh it's the belt slipping on the seized transmission!) Never happened
again, but who knows how long the transmission will last now.

It's not leaking that much. Maybe I'll just get a pan to put under the
washer and see what happens. Decisions, decisions.

Ken


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KenM wrote:
Have an 8 year old Maytag clothes washer that is leaking where the drive
shaft goes into the tub. Looking at the Sears parts site, it seems it
might
need a new shaft seal, which sells for about $70. To get at it, you have
to
take off the top of the washer and the inner tub. I took off the
agitator
but it wasn't clear how everything comes apart.

Called a few repair places, but they wouldn't give me a ball park figure
for
taking the machine apart to replace the seal. The want to charge $50 to
come out and see where it goes from there. Given the amount of work to
take
apart the machine, seems to me it might cost a couple of hundred dollars.
(Does this seem right?) With a replacement washer costing about $500, it
wouldn't be worth the cost to repair it, even though the rest of the
machine
looks OK.

Thought?

Thanks.

Ken

Hi,

Have an 8 year old Maytag clothes washer

Model#??
http://www.applianceaid.com/model.html
Some model# helps.

If your mystery washer is a Dependable Care style Maytag, this will
give you an idea what is involved...
http://www.applianceaid.com/tub_seal_replacement.html

it seems it might
need a new shaft seal

Usually best to repalce under water seal kit and tub bearing at the
same time! The bearing can rust and tear the seal.

Given the amount of work to take
apart the machine, seems to me it might cost a couple of hundred dollars.

If it is a Depenable Care style washer, definetly worth the repair as
this washer will often go 12-15 years easily....none of the new ones
will likely last that long.

jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/