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FRONT
LO-kD \VASHER
PRO('EI)URE
FOR
REPLACING
TItE
BOO
f continued
4)
In tllustratlon
#3 },ou \,,tit see that the end oftbe
tube _s flattened
somewhat
sn that it can be
shpped
o;'er the twisted
ends of the clamp as shown tn dlustranon
_ 4
II.I USTRATION
#
ILLUSTRATION
# 4
l'\_d_t the robe counterclockxvlse
to slip the clamp and set both the tool and the wire clamp
aside Pull the boot flee from the duct
5)
6)
Using both hands, grab onto the boot at the top of the opening to the tub and pull downward
and to\\ a_d you \_ath slow stead), pressure
As the boot is pulled free from the outer lip of the
tub (at the top), the coiled spnng that holds the boot from the groove behind the hp around
the opening to the front shell wdl become vtslble You can either continue pulling on the
boot until it comes offor you can hook the spnng (with a p_ece of coat hanger fashioned into a
hook) and pull it offand then pull the boot offseparately
Once the boot
IS
Off, exarmne the hp that e\xends around the entire pemneter of the front
operung of the fiont shell of the tub (the front shell and the rear shell are so named because
when bolted togethe,, t'onn the outer tub that surroLmds the tuner tub)
The boot has a hp that w dl have to be tblded into the gt oo;'e behind the hp on the front shell
To stml_ttus, examine the new boot and locate the groove m front of the hp that corresponds
to the slmdar hp and tab on the tub shell It wdl make this job a lot easier ffyou can
obtain some hquld dlshwasbmg soap from lhe consumer, and spanngly lubncate this groo,, e
on the boot to make it eas_er to shp onto the hp of the shell (see |llustratmn # 5 on next
page)
No soap i_ pi efel able to too nluch soap Flax e a cloth handy to x,,lpe the soap fi-om voul
fingel s
I 21,'_t,:l'
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