After sadly watching the ebay auctions for the frigidaire parts go higher than I could afford, I felt that my only hope for the time being would be to scour local appliance stores again. The store 1/2 mile from my house initially told me "NLA" on all parts. However today, I talked to the owner and got much different results! He had stuff going back 40 years tucked away in two boxes! I also found out something that may save some of us a lot of money on our 1-18's! He still has in stock parts for these units! When I asked about the agitate arm, the owner said it would be cheaper to get a bushing kit to repair it, he sold me his last two for 20.00! Mine had play at the end with the coupling, it seemed that the ball joint was worn. Actually the plastic bushings on both sides of the ball joint were worn to nothing causing all the free play and racket. The kit consists of a new ball, both plastic bushings, the end cap and some assorted hardware. The Frigidaire part number is 9957111 and it is called an "arm kit" I have yet to install this, but it looks fairly simple to do. Next, I am going to purchase the bellows as a spare for the 1-18 as well.
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