Spin Brake Repair Procedures
Read the following repair procedures and decide if you could successfully replace your transmission.



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Removing the Transmission

  1. Stand the tub assembly upside down on the top of the tub with the motor and drive pulley on top.
  2. (Figure 1) Loosen the four motor mount bolts using a socket wrench but don't remove them. This will allow the motor to slide in the direction of the drive pulley and thus loosen the belt. Remove the belt and set it aside.
  3. (Figure 2) Remove the nut from the transmission shaft in the center of the drive pulley. Remove the pulley and set it aside. Store the nut with the pulley.
  4. (Figure 3) Cut the tie wrap securing the overflow tube to the drive assembly frame.
  5. (Figure 4) Remove the four bolts securing the drive assembly to the transmission spin brake housing.
  6. (Figure 5) Remove the four bolts at the bottom of each leg of the drive assembly support structure where it attaches to the tub.
  7. (Figure 6) Now you can lift the drive assembly off the tub. Flip it over and make sure that the spin brake surface is clean.
  8. (Figure 7) Now the transmission is setting all by itself on the bottom of the tub. The old transmission that I was replacing had a white bar code sticker on the gear housing. This implies that a special bearing replacement tool and kit could have been purchased to fix the failed spin brake. I will save this transmission for a future project. Note how the spin brake lining is built into the housing. The new transmission has a green bar code sticker on it and the spin brake cannot be repaired on it.
  9. Lift the old transmission straight up and slide it out of the tub seal. Set it aside to be discarded.
  10. (Figure 8) Position a flat blade screw driver down the inside of the tub seal to rest on the inner ring. Tap the screw driver with a hammer to push the seal out of the bottom of the tub.
  11. This concludes disassembly.

Figure 1 (Return)

Loosen motor mount bolts

Figure 2 (Return)

Remove nut from transmission shaft

Figure 3 (Return)

Cut overflow tube tie wrap

Figure 4 (Return)

Remove spin brake housing bolts

Figure 5 (Return)

Remove drive assembly bolts

Figure 6 (Return)

Lift off drive assembly

Figure 7 (Return)

Spin brake lining

Figure 8 (Return)

Remove tub seal