Appliance Repair Wisdom for the Ages

Thursday, September 02, 2004

Appliance Repair Revelation: Removing the Agitator from Your Washing Machine

Trying to remove the agitator from your top-loading washing machine but feeling, instead, like you're failing miserably at an I.Q. test for nitwits? Fear not, my mentally-challenged grasshopper, for the Samurai shall illumine your murky path.

GE Old Style Washer: Remove agitator cap by pulling it off and look for a bolt, remove the bolt and pull up hard on the agitator. Not all models of this style washer has a retaining bolt. Picture.

GE New Style Washer: Use a old dryer belt or rope to help remove the agitator. Hook the rope/belt under the lower agitator fins and make the loops to the top. Use a board to help "pop" up the agitator, lift up on the side of the board that is sticking out further. Picture.

Whirlpool and Kenmore Direct Drive Washers: Remove the agitator cap, some caps unscrew and some will just pull off. Look for a bolt and remove the bolt, lift up on the agitator. Picture.

Maytag Dependable Care Washer: Locate a 1/4 inch screw on the side of the agitator, ( about 3/4 of the way down) remove this screw and lift up on the agitator. Picture.

Maytag Atlantis and Performa: Remove the cap and softener dispenser by pulling it off and locate the agitator bolt. Remove bolt and lift up on the agitator. Picture.

Frigidaire Washer, Older Models: Older style, unscrew the agitator cap and bolt, lift up on the agitator. Variation 1 and Variation 2.

Frigidaire Washer, Newer Styles: Remove center cap--this can be difficult to do--by lifting up really hard on the center tab. Locate bolt and remove it and lift up on the agitator. Picture.

Amana Washer: The older washers have a bolt under the cap that must be removed to remove the agitator, then grab hold of the agitator and lift up. The newer washer agitator just pulls out, remove cap, if no bolt, just grab hold and lift up hard. Picture.

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6 Comments:

Your site is a blessing to the suffering masses of washerless humanity.

By  Anonymous, at March 29, 2005 8:55 PM  

Bless you, my child.

By  Samurai Appliance Repair Man, at March 29, 2005 9:06 PM  

What will I do with the rest of my afternoon, now that I removed a Maytag agitator in 3 minutes instead of the planned 2 1/2 hrs?

By  Anonymous, at May 23, 2005 4:05 PM  

Well, you could buy the Samurai brewski.

By  Samurai Appliance Repair Man, at May 23, 2005 7:46 PM  

Wow - it worked...what a concept!

By  Anonymous, at July 19, 2005 2:27 PM  

didn't work man. Frigidaire older model with the screw out and it still wont come out. It wont agitate. fills and drains, i checked the transmission like you said and i don't know what to do next. Please help.

By  Dan, at June 02, 2007 5:22 PM  

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