Hi there! I'm Jeff with Home Repair Tutor. And in this quick video, I'm going to show
you how to replace a pump in a clothes washer. So here we are. This is a Whirlpool clothes
washer. And the pump is leaking all over the floor. So I learned my lesson once. It's expensive
to call in an appliance repair place to do this for you. So trust me when I say you can
probably save yourself about $200 by DIY-ing it.
So stay tuned. I've got a lot of great tips for you. I know you can do this. Let's get
to it. The first thing you want to do is unplug the
washer. Nobody wants to get shocked, right? Then turn the hot water off and then the cold
water. You don't want any water running into the washer.
There's screws holding the control panel in on the left side and on the right side. Unscrew
them by turning them counter-clockwise. And this will allow you to pull the control panel
forward by ¼" and then pull up. Now you can leave it just hang there.
You'll want to unwire the wire connector; unplug it. Pull it up. Then you can remove
these wire springs. They are a little bit of a pain in the rear end but push down and
pull up on them using a flathead screwdriver. So pull the left spring out and then the right
spring. So now you can pull the cabinet up off the base frame.
If I tilt my washer forward, you can plainly see that the pump is leaking. So there are
two retaining clips that are holding it in place. The top one, you need to pop off and
turn at a 90° angle and pull it out. And the bottom retaining clip, you can simply
just pull off the pump and leave it sit there. Put a towel underneath the pump because when
you use channel locks or pliers to pull the spring clips off the hoses, water is going
to leak from the hoses, specifically the bottom ones. So here's the top one. But the bottom
one leaks a lot of water. And you can hold it up and then drain it down into a Tupperware
container. Pull the pump off the motor shaft. And inspect the shaft for any wear and tear.
Now you can use an emery cloth to clean that up or a file. I had to file mine down quite
a bit to make it such that the new pump, which you see here—which cost me about $50 online—would
fit onto the shaft. So just line the shaft up with the new pump, and you'll be good to
go. Now when you push the pump into place, you
want the legs to fit into these depressions in the motor. That's how you know that the
pump is secure. Pop your clips back on. So slide both clips back on—that's what's going
to hold the motor in place. And then slide the hoses back onto the pump. And pull the
clips down using your channel locks or your pliers. And then the next step is to put the
washer back to together. There are two tabs in the front and the back
of the base frame. And on the left and the right side. Here's the smaller tab in the
front. And here's the larger tab in the back, right next to that feather that's on the floor.
Hey, what can I say? It's a laundry room, right?
Here are the notches in the cabinet. And you want to line up the notches with those tabs.
Now use your foot to slide the cabinet underneath the base frame. You want to get those notches
in the cabinet lined up with the tabs in the base frame. It's a bit of a pain, but once
you get it done, you'll be good to go. Just be careful with the lid, too, 'cause you can
smash your fingers on that lid. Plug the wire connector back in. Now it's
time to put the spring clips back into place—there's a left one and a right one. And I just use
my hands here to push them down into the cabinet. Pull the panel forward. Push it down into
the cabinet. And you'll need to tighten it using the two screws that were removed in
the beginning—so there's a left screw and a right screw.
Now it's time to turn the water back on. Turn the hot water on, and the cold water. And
plug the washer into the outlet. Now you can test it.
Now what I did here is I put it on the rinse cycle to fill up the washer and let it go
to the spin cycle to see how the pump would perform. And, tada! No leak from the pump.
Sweet! Well that's it, right? That wasn't too hard
at all. This is a pretty simple and straightforward repair for an appliance that you use all the
time. So again, you can do this. You can save yourself
hundreds of dollars by learning how to do appliance repair specially when it comes to
replacing a washer pump. So I hope you liked this video. If you have
your own tips, please add them to the comment 'cause I don't have all the answers. And I'm
sure you have a lot of great ideas you'd like to share.
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