Ge Washer Tub Nut Frozen

Getting the spanner nut off is only step 1.

Ge washer tub nut frozen.

The hard part is getting the tub up and out. I am having difficulties getting the 1 11 16 aluminum hub nut off to remove the spin basket. Part two is here. Due to the higher rpm of this model the 1 11 16 in.

Hub nut securing the tub is made of stainless steel and must be torqued to 150 ft. I have retightened it three times and it s still coming loose. Off of the rusted corroded drive block and shaft. I just replaced the tub barring seal flat washier split ring and a new tub nut.

I had lots of fun getting the tub nut off and now well i just can t seem to make the dang tub budge. Washer tub lock down nut. I also have a wrench that would fit but the wrench is too long to fit. Lbs if the hub nut wrench pn wx5x1325 is used to tighten the hub nut the wrench must be struck.

I found that by. I suspect the center post is badly rusted too. I am replacing the transmission in my ge washer. Https youtu be axg6uvr9qck this is the first part of a 2 part video which describes the wrench needed to remove a spanner nut from the wa.

For easy removal use tub nut wrench ap2614008 wh2x1193 ap2045284 made by ge. Lbs if the hub nut is removed it must be tightened to 150 ft.