DIYbanter - fa - special washing machine tool

Our old washer ( Kenmore 1995) stopped pumping the water out on the spin
cycle.. Upon dis-assembly I found the water pump to have worn out, plus the
bushings for the basket drive were shot- pretty simple except for the odd
size spanner nut holding the basket was very tight and made of aluminum.
Hammer and punch did not budge it, and it looked like it might break before
it came loose. Local Kenmore store said it was a " non repairable" item and
I should buy a new washer ( and matching dryer of course, since no wife will
accept a mis matched pair) Found a piece of pipe in the scrap that was the
same diameter as the nut, milled some slots into it to match the spanner
nut, welded a flat bar across the end of the pipe and welded a nut to the
flat bar at the center point, and voila- used my impact wrench on the whole
mess and the spanner nut came right off. Replaced the bushings and water
pump and much to my wife's dismay, the old set is back in action.

"William Noble" wrote in message
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some time back, there was a very lengthy set of threads on washing machine
repair - for one or two of you, this tool may be of great value, or at
least
interesting - specialty bearing and motor pulley puller for a range of
machines

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=300182761612

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