candi: But, if I have to drop the various drive parts from the bottom, my confidence evaporates. Pulling the transmission (and basket drive/brake) is required.
There is a set of bearings and seals inside the top and bottom of the centerpost (which is part of the baseplate to which everything mounts). Those bearings are for the basket drive tube. There's a special tool to pull them, but many servicers just pound them out. The tool is required to set the new bearings and seals into proper position, although there may also be other ways to do that.
Another set of bearings is inside the spin tube, which are for the agitator shaft. Those are rarely if ever replaced directly as far as I've ever known, rather are included with a new spin tube assembly.
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