Bearing Housing - ALLIANCE HWF561*E1102 Service

Section 5 Service Procedures
To reduce the risk of electric shock, fire, explosion, serious injury or death:
• Disconnect electric power to the washer before servicing.
• Never start the washer with any guards/panels removed.
• Whenever ground wires are removed during servicing, these ground wires must be
reconnected to ensure that the washer is properly grounded.

62. BEARING HOUSING

Bearing Housing Removal
a. Unlock control panel. Refer to Figure 17, Step
1.
b. Pull top of control panel away from control
cabinet far enough to allow lifting control panel
up and off rail support of the control cabinet.
Refer to Figure 17, Step 2.
c. Remove control panel away from control
cabinet as far as wires permit. Refer to
Figure 17, Step 3.
d. Remove two screws holding front of cabinet
top to top front edge of control cabinet front.
Refer to Figure 19.
e. Remove carriage bolts and nuts holding cabinet
top and hinges to rear of control cabinet
wrapper. Refer to Figure 20.
f. Carefully lift cabinet top off washer and set
alongside washer cabinet on protective
padding.
g. While supporting lower front access panel,
remove two screws from bottom edge of panel.
Refer to Figure 26.
h. Gently lower front access panel to disengage
panel locators from bottom edge of front panel.
i. Run belt off pulley while slowly turning pulley.
j. Remove belt from motor shaft.
k. Remove cap screw (left hand thread),
lockwasher and flat washer holding pulley to
inner basket shaft. Refer to Figure 39.
l. Remove pulley from shaft.
IMPORTANT: When installing pulley, always use a
new cap screw to prevent screw from loosening
during operation.
NOTE: When installing new cap screw, apply a
thread locking compound to screw threads and
torque new cap screw to 240 minimum to 260
maximum inch pounds (27.5 to 29.7 Nm).
m. Remove dispenser drawer using special tool,
Part No. 318P4. Refer to Figure 30.
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n. Working through the control panel opening,
remove two screws holding bottom flange of
control cabinet front to top flange of front
panel, then remove bottom two corner screws.
Refer to Figure 25.
o. Open loading door. Carefully remove wire
clamp ring from groove with small flat blade
screwdriver. Spring is located in the 6 o'clock
position.
NOTE: To avoid damage to spring, use screwdriver
on wire clamp ring to the right or left of spring.
p. Grasp loading door seal lip. Refer to Figure 33,
Step 1.
NOTE: To avoid damage to door seal, DO NOT use
pliers or sharp objects to grasp the door seal lip. If
lip is damaged, seal will leak.
q. Using a circular motion, pull seal up
(Figure 33, Step 1), out (Figure 33, Step 2) and
down (Figure 33, Step 3).
r. When seal releases from lip of front panel, pull
out and remove the seal. Refer to Figure 33,
Step 4.
s. Remove front panel (with loading door
attached) away from washer as far as wires
permit. Refer to Figure 35.
t. Unplug door lock harness connectors and the
wire harness clips along top flange of front
panel. Refer to Figure 35. Disconnect wires
from door switch and remove front panel with
loading door attached.
NOTE: Refer to wiring diagram when rewiring
door switch.
u. Loosen clamp and remove door seal hose
connection at dispenser. Refer to Figure 35.
IMPORTANT: When installing door seal hose, pull
hose tie tight to prevent damage. Refer to Figure 35.
v. Loosen large clamp and remove door seal off
front of outer tub. Refer to Figure 35.
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