Amana Speed Queen AWM190W2 Service Manual page 34

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i. Remove four screws holding washtub to hub,
Figure 35,
then lift washtub out of outer tub.
IMPORTANT: When removing washtub, DO NOT
lift up on clothes guard as you could damage it .
Grasp top flange of washtub and remove from
outer tub.
NOTE: When installing washtub, make sure lint
filter is between underside of washtub and hub.
Some models are equipped with a gasket. On
these models, make sure all traces of old gasket
are removed from bottom of washtub. When
installing washtub in these models, always use a
new gasket between washtub and hub.
TO REMOVE AGITATOR DRIVE BELL
a. Remove plug screw and 'O" ring from top
side of drive bell.
NOTE: No. 294P4 Drive Bell Tool may be required
to remove drive bell from transmission shaft, if
not, proceed to step i.
b. Back bolt out of tool approximately three
quarters of the way,
Figure 13.
c. Place tool over bell, making sure indent on
jaw lines up
w~h
the wide slots on bell,
Figure 13.
d. Screw bolt down through hole in top of bell
until bolt bottoms out in hole in transmission
shaft.
e. Place lip of each jaw under bottom edge of
drive bell, making sure indent on jaw lines up
with wide slots on bell. Then tighten two wing
nuts to hold jaws firmly against drive bell,
Figure 14.
f. Use an adjustable wrench and turn large nut
on tool
COUNTERCLOCKWISE
to pull
drive bell from transmission shaft,
Figure 15.
IMPORTANT: If large nut is turned clockwise when
pulling drive bell, you will twist off quarter inch
bolt.
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HUB
ASSEMBLY
TRANSMISSION
OUTPUT SHAFT
BRONZE
BEARING
SEAL
SURFACE
AREA
HUB
SHOULDER
W191SE1A
Figure 36
g. Turn quarter inch bolt out of transmission
shaft, and remove tool and drive bell from
washer.
h. Loosen two wing nuts and remove drive bell
from tool.
i. Remove old seal from hub by placing a flat
blade screwdriver between bottom edge of
seal and hub using washtub bolts as a pry
area to pop off lower seal bead. Then grasp
seal and pull straight up freeing the upper
seal bead.
j. Remove large hex nut using a No. 237P4 Hex
Wrench,
Figure 36.
k. Remove spline insert from transmission tube.
IMPORTANT: Use a new spline insert each time
hex nut is removed. DO NOT reuse old insert
because hex nut may loosen during washer
operation.
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RS3100002 (37400R3)
Rev. 3