Thread Number: 66466
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Need help determining old GE model number to help identify boot (many photos) |
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Post# 890834 , Reply# 1   7/25/2016 at 05:36 (2,804 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 890848 , Reply# 2   7/25/2016 at 07:14 (2,803 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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This is what you're looking for. Should work just fine once you clean up the flange on the outer tub and around the top of the transmission so you get a good seal. I always use a little silicone sealant as well to ensure no drips.
Your machine looks like it has had a little leaking around the top of the outer tub as well so make sure when you put it all back together that the rubber seal is seated well (silicone helps here too) and the water and filter inlets are sealed tight.
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Post# 890896 , Reply# 3   7/25/2016 at 14:39 (2,803 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 890918 , Reply# 4   7/25/2016 at 16:43 (2,803 days old) by repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 892405 , Reply# 8   8/3/2016 at 16:56 (2,794 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest)   |   | |
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Years ago (80s and mid 90s), when I was fixing GE washers, I never bought a new boot. I would always soak the old boot, and clean it well before reusing it.
If I were doing it again, I would get a gallon of white vinegar, a plastic bag about the size of the boot and then some, put the boot in, and fill the bag with vinegar so that all the surfaces of the boot are immerses. Let that sit for a day or so, then carefully remove the boot, rinse off, and gently clean with a sponge and dish soap. You may have to take course steel wool to the surfaces that sealed up to the transmission and tub to get off any remaining gunk.
One could also consider putting the boot in the dishwasher after the vinegar soak.
And I agree, I don't think there was ever more than one "GE washer boot". It didn't matter what capacity, they were all the same.
Also, be sure and clean the surfaces of the washer tub lip and the transmission so that they are smooth and ready to have the boot sealed onto them. Again, soaking with vinegar to soften gunk helps.
I never had problems with leaks. If you have to replace screws or bolts in the stainless steel expandable clamps, be sure to also use stainless steel screws and bolts. You dont' want anything rusting out that could contaminate your clothes and eventually cause a leak. |
Post# 892507 , Reply# 10   8/4/2016 at 12:23 (2,793 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 892521 , Reply# 11   8/4/2016 at 15:23 (2,793 days old) by delaneymeegan (Midwest)   |   | |
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"Can you help with (see Reply #7) removing the rubber part of the agitator-coupler stuck in the agitator? "
Not sure exactly what you're referring to here.
The agiator in a GE Filter Flo washer does not have a screw to hold it in place like a Kenmore. The agitator simply sets unto the geared tip of the transmission. Yes there is a rubber piece in the end of the agitator WHICH STAYS IN THERE. That rubber piece in the end of the agitator is glued in. If you remove it, or in the rare instance that it should come detached, you will need to find an appropriate glue to re-adhere it.
To remove an agitator from a GE washer (assuming it's not rusted on), you need simply grasp the base by sliding your fingers under the edge, and with a quick thrust pulling upwards. Ideally that's how it should come off.
A bare transmission should look like this (without the protective red clowns nose end on the gear tip). |
Post# 893037 , Reply# 13   8/8/2016 at 15:51 (2,789 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I think your confusion is, normally it doesn't come out of the agitator when you pull it out of the machine.....the metal and rubber stay in there.....
you have a not uncommon situation where it has separated......and nothing will put them back together, you have to order a new one..... in the top of the agitator, there is that little disc we'll call it(pic #1), that can be cut out and tossed, and then with a proper sized socket, or screwdriver, you can push that rubber piece out....once reinstalled back in the machine, the activator cap will cover everything back up..... a little grease on the transmission shaft, and the rubber piece, will help re-assembly |
Post# 893360 , Reply# 15   8/10/2016 at 14:57 (2,787 days old) by repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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The piece that is still on the transmission shaft should just pop off and that is all that holds the agitator on the transmission. Unfortunately after being on there for approximately 25 years it will probably be stuck. I have not had to remove many of these so I probably don't know what the best way would be. I have taken a pair of vice grip pliers and attached them to the top of stuck on coupler where the pliers are in a 90 degree angle with the transmission shaft and used a 3 pound hammer to hit the bottom side of the pliers sometimes leading to success in removing the coupler.
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