Replacing seal on GE Hot point washer

[gtm20]

anyone have advice on replacing the seal on a GE hot point washer(12years old). Any advice/pointers would be greatly appriciated. I'm planning to do this tomorrow AM.

It started leaking yellow fluid a few weeks ago. I called 2 service companies, and they both said they would replace the transmission at a cost of around $275.00, and both suggested buying a new washer instead.

I just want to do a quick and cheap fix, because I'm building a new house this summer, and will be buying new all appliances when I move.


Thanks for the help. DIYer

[bambiblaster]

Your talking about getting into alot of work and aggravation to replace a trans seal... and for 100-150 get a scratch and dent washer.... I have gotten alot of nice ones in classifieds that I cleaned up and resold.... Or use the one ya go till it locks up.. may go another six months :coffee:

[gtm20]

I thought about doing what you said, just letting it go until it dies, but with my house being up for sale, I don't want to have people coming through and seeing the fluid leak.

I'm going to take a shot at repairing it. I've moved the washer out to the garage to have more room to work on it. And I had to order the seal. They normally have it in stock, but were out, so it will take a couple of days. The parts store didn't seem to think it was that big of a deal to replace it, and it only cost $12.00. We'll see how it goes.

I'll post the results when I finish the job.

Thanks.

[bambiblaster]

BEST OF LUCK :coffee:

[gtm20]

Well I completed the seal replacement. It took about an hour and a half and cost me $15.00 for parts. Not bad considering I got a quote of $275.00 for a new trans., or would have had to buy a new washer.


Steps involved:

Turn washer on side or upside down
Clean up oil mess
Remove mounting bracket from bottom
lossen pump motor
remove belt/pulley from trans

Remove nut and cork washer and remove old seal

Add fluid and replace seal and put back everything in reverse order. It sounds simple, but it's quite a job, and it was quite messy because of all the oil it leaked and spread around.



DIY!

[bambiblaster]

Good job.....!! :thumbup: