Thread Number: 92959
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
How would i go about removing this agitator from a 30 year old GE Filter Flow washer? photo included |
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Post# 1175347 , Reply# 1   3/20/2023 at 18:54 (410 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)   |   | |
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Post# 1175369 , Reply# 2   3/20/2023 at 21:06 (410 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Sometimes boiling water can help loosen things up. I was lucky to have access to IV fluid pressure bags that did the trick in removing a really stuck agitator.
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Post# 1175371 , Reply# 3   3/20/2023 at 21:17 (410 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Post# 1175429 , Reply# 5   3/21/2023 at 15:08 (409 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Residential Filter-Flo Activators were held in place by friction, and that's the problem. In the '60's and early '70's GE recommended to the user that they remove the Activator periodically to clean it and check the Spline (that metal part that's dead center in your photograph) for rust and lubrication; then they cautioned the user to make sure it was re-seated properly when re-installing it. I've seen Activators broken apart by Servicemen because they just didn't have time to play nice.
First try some Liquid Wrench on the "teeth" of the metal spline. Let in soak in according to instructions and then give it a try.
I've had some success by wrapping the top of the Activator with rags-towels and soaking them repeatedly with boiling water. Inside the top of the activator is a hard-rubber spline that connects the metal drive post with the polypropylene body of the Activator; you can see it in your photo if you look between the white parts and the metal spline center; it's black. You might luck out with the heat and coax the outer rubber spline to separate from the metal inner one. Then you'll have the purchase you need to lever the metal one off of the drive post. GE splines are always on sale on eBay.
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