MAH6500AWW Bearing and Tub Seal – How To Replace
If you own a MAH6500 and it sounds like a freight train it
is time to replace your bearings. If you bother Ole’ Lonely he will quote you
at least $950 or suggest that you scrap machine. You don’t want to scrap
machine because you can save money by replacing your Neptune tub bearings and
seal and be washing clothes soon. Ole’ Lonely will want to replace your large
outer tub which runs over $500 alone! You don’t need to replace the expensive outer
tub.
There are two seals that are available in the genuine 12002022
seal kit. The earlier lip seal and the revised lip seal. If you have the
earlier lip seal (with plastic white spacer clip) you will need to replace it
with the new earlier lip seal in the kit. If you would like to install the
revised lip seal you will have to replace your W10181639 spinner support because its
shaft is machined different.
It should take about 1 – 4 hours depending on how much
cleaning you need to do while you’re in there and no special tools are
required. You could save time by renting the Tony Tool which pulls the rear
bearing out first. You then knock the front bearing out and then after some
clean up you use the Tony Tool to install the new bearings and spacer. The tool
kit rental includes an extra bearing spacer just in case you need it. The Maytag Neptune Bearing and 12002022 Seal kit also includes an ebook with more information and tips to help you be successful.
Depending on how long your machine has sounded like a jet
plane you may need to heat up the aluminum hub when extracting the inner or
front bearing. The aluminum has a higher expansion coefficient than the steel
bearing does so the bearing housing should expand more than the bearing does
thus loosening it up. Just don’t over heat it since some of the heat guns can
really get hot.
The good news is that you don’t have the faulty brown tipped
wax motor in your door latch. Only the timer knob based Neptune’s have the wax
motor which would fail and damage the Q6 triac and R11 and the upper control
board. See Neptune Help for more wax motor information. The digital Neptune models all use a solenoid to lock the door.
I hope this was helpful to you.
Please leave any comments below.
Jeff Hartman
