Part
Blower Wheel
Product Rating
Customer
Anthony from TX
Problem
Broken blower.
Tools
Adjustable wrench, flat head screw driver with a wide head, 7/16 cress wrench, 1/4 hex screw driver bit, and a smaller hex bit as well, but I don’t recall the size.
Repair & Advice
I looked up my model number on YouTube to see how to take the machine apart. It went fine. The blower wheel was a little difficult to get back on. One person had to hold the adjustable wrench on the motor side and the blower wheel had to be screwed in on the other side. This may be a two person job. Also, I have heard it is possible that the blower wheel can be stuck to such an extent that a hack saw can be required. I, however, did not have that issue.
Story submitted on March 20, 2019
Part
Blower Wheel
Product Rating
Customer
Keyla from FL
Problem
Air not flowing.
Tools
Flat head screwdriver
Phillips screwdriver
Hammer
Two Channellock Wrenches
Small Ratchet/Socket
Optional:
Dremel power tool
Repair & Advice
Disconnected the appliance
Back
Opened the back panel using the small ratchet
Disconnected the exhaust hose/flex
Took out the metal filter housing by taking the two bolts in the top using the Phillips screwdriver and the bolts in the back using the small ratchet.
Front
With the flat screwdriver I pried open the top lid.
Disconnected the front lid wires located on the front side by depressing the latch.
Took off the front lid by using the small ratchet (two bolts, one on each side)
Depressed the belt tensor and unhooked the belt off the pulleys.
Pulled out the drum
Accessed the motor shaft by taking the holding clip off using the flat head screwdriver
Used the two channellocks one in front of the motor to block rotation and the other in the back accessing the piece of the blower wheel that’s screwed onto the motor. Front channellock moves up, clockwise. Back channellock moves down counter clockwise to loosen up the blower wheel.
Chances are that the blower wheel is stuck to the motor and that the back gets easily striped and damaged by the channel lock tool.
Got behind the appliance and tryed to put pressure on the blower wheel, this time it’s clockwise. Kept the channellock in front of the motor on to keep it from rotating.
Tried hammering the blower wheel clockwise. It work for some and it takes a lot of tries.
End up cutting the blower wheel around the center with a Dremel power tool giving me a better access to the center bolt.
Took the bolt/remaining piece with the channellock
The rest is putting everything back together the same way.
Story submitted on July 15, 2021
Part
Blower Wheel
Product Rating
Customer
Brianne from FL
Problem
Washer sounded like a machine gun going off
Tools
Drill with a few different attachments
Repair & Advice
Easy enough that I almost had it fixed before my husband came home
Story submitted on June 14, 2018