“”I am finally disassembling and have hit a couple of possible issues. First, I cannot rotate the Spinner so the arrow points toward the back (12 o'clock). It just won't rotate.””

It sounds like the Spinner Assembly is locked up in the Outer Tub bearings. You can’t rotate the wash basket CCW is that correct? If so I would just continue with tear down.

“”Next issue is only the "L" tumbler had a toothed Jounal - the part shown at the top of page 39 in the SM.””

“”and is there supposed to be 2 Jounals, one on the back of each Tumbler?”” If you mean this see pick below Journal Lock

We are talking about these parts AP4009556 it looks like someone tried to pull the tumbler before.

“”I'm proceeding with tranny removal. What is the upshot of doing this aligned at 7 o'clock,””

I think you are refering to the resting posistion of the wash basket because can't rotate the wash basket to the posistion as shown page 39? If so go forward with tear down.

I have to leave for work shortly 3:30PM to 12:30AM Tue thru Sat. Maybe Mike can jump in here and help if you have questions he is moving right along with his project. I did this two years ago and have only a poor memory and some pic's to fall back on. Will drop back in after work tonight.

Dick

Hi Andy
I think if I understand correctly you have some bearings locked up. If that's the case just proceed with tear down. You dont need to worry about the timing until you put it back together. I would keep trying to spin the basket at each stage of disassembly. Take the clutch off first and spin, then tumblers and spin, transmission and spin, etc just to get an idea what part is locked up. Mike

Here's a second try at the pic upload

Dick,

It looks like the culprit was a seized bearing in the pulley clutch. Once that froze, the clutch spring apparently got mangled, as you can see in the pdf I posted earlier. I'm going ahead with the tub bearing replacement while I wait for a new pulley clutch assembly, since they feel a little rough.

My spinner bolts came out with some effort, but they were not too bad. That Journal Lock thing is called a Lifter Bearing assembly and you gave me the right number, thanks. It looks like an order of 1 gets you 4 pieces- 2 for each Tumbler (Lifter).

A plumber's spud wrench ($10) can be used on the big 1.75" nut, if you put the handle of a wrench in the slot of the spindle, hold them both with one hand while tapping the spud wrench with a small hammer. It takes time - the nut turns with difficulty for about the first full 1-2 turns. I don't have an impact driver.

The spinner basket seems to have water in it, and I haven't figured out how to get it out. I'd like to drain it and somehow seal it against any more water getting in, if possible. Do you know if/how that can be done?

Is there a way to tell if the tranny is still good? Should the gears be a little resistant to spinning?

A lot of questions, I know. I really appreciate all the help you've given me. This has actually been kinda fun so far.

Best,

Andy