Disassembly procedures, Warning – Amana RS3100007 User Manual

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To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or
death, disconnect power to unit before servicing.

Disassembly Procedures

RS3100007 Rev. 0

WARNING

Loading
door

5. Maneuver loading door from washer cabinet top.

Loading
door

6. Remove screws securing right hinge and remove

loading door.

7. Reverse procedure to reassemble.

Agitator

1. Open loading door.
2. Remove agitator by placing hands under agitator lip

and pull upward, if agitator is stuck or stubborn use
two agitator hooks, No. 254P4P, under bottom edge
of agitator.

Agitator
hooks

NOTE: Hooks must be positioned 180° from each other,

and must be placed under base of agitator near
agitator vane for greater stability. If hooks are
placed between the vane area, agitator damage
may occur.

3. Using a rocking motion (side-to-side) carefully lift

agitator up off drive bell.

4. To reassemble place agitator on top of drive bell.

Slowly rotate agitator until fingers on underside of
agitator line up with large slots on drive bell.

5. A sharp blow on top of agitator, with the palm of your

hand, will force agitator down onto drive bell,
allowing fingers on underside of agitator to lock
under bottom edge of drive bell.

NOTE: Do not push agitator onto drive bell any further

than necessary.

Agitator, Drive Bell and Seal Assembly

NOTE: If water is present in washtub, remove water

before attempting to remove drive bell.

1. Remove agitator, see “Agitator” procedure.
2. Remove plug and

" bolt from top of drive bell.

3. Using care pry drive bell upward off transmission

shaft.

4. Remove old seal from hub assembly by:

a. Placing a flat bladed screwdriver between bottom

edge of seal and hub.

b. Using washtub bolts as a pry area, pop off lower

seal bead.

c. Grasping bottom of seal and pulling straight up

freeing upper seal bead.

Hex
nut

Hub
assembly

Hub
shoulder

Bronze
bearing

Washer

Transmission
output shaft

5. Clean all foreign material from seal mounting area of

hub assembly, bronze bearing and washer.

6. Lubricate new seal with liquid soap or soapy water to

aid in assembly of seal onto hub.