Jeff Hartman Suggests A Way To Give Back If I Have Helped You Save Money

Jeff Hartman, “The Neptune Man” created this video to give you a different perspective about spending money. I also receive questions from clients who want to give back whether they purchased something from me or ended up on any of my videos or blogs and saved a ton of money on their appliance repair. I suggest a way to do so in this video.

 Keep in mind that I have a gift of solving problems… I also can help with your electronic projects and I have manufacturing experience in the electronics industry so maybe I can be of assistance to you? Contact me if you need help by checking out my profile… Please don’t use the comments to ask for help. However, you can leave your comments or questions in the comments section…

 Thank you, I hope you have an outstanding day!

 Jeff Hartman
“The Neptune Man”

MAH7500AWW Bearing and Tub Seal – How To Replace them and save money

MAH7500AWW Bearing and Tub Seal – How To Replace them and save money

If you own a MAH7500 and it sounds like a jet plane then it is time to focus on your bearings and tub seal. If you bother a Maytag service technician they will want at least $950 to repair your Neptune or even suggest that you junk machine. You don’t really want to scrap machine because you can save money by replacing your Neptune bearings and tub seal and be washing clothes again. The reason they quote so much is because they will want to replace the large outer tub which runs over $500 alone!

The 12002022 seal kit contains two seals. 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 use the revised lip seal you will have to purchase a new spinner support because its’ shaft is machined different. Here is a video I created for the 12002022 seal kit breakdown.

It should take about 1 – 5 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.

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.

Another tip is to stabilize the outer tub by laying the Neptune on its front and placing 2x4’s, old towels, newspaper stack under tub to help keep it from bouncing around when you attempt to knock out the front bearing. Now would also be a good time to spray penetrating oil on the inner bearing since it is closer to horizontal. You can allow the oil to soak in overnight. You will also want to place plywood or equivalent under tub to catch the bearing when it is ejected out.

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. The digital Neptune models all use a solenoid to lock the door. See Neptune Help Song for a video that explains what happens when the original brown tipped wax motor fails. 

I hope this was helpful to you and you save money by replacing your bearings and tub seal.  

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W10202464 - Whirlpool Duet Front Load Washer Part - Crosspiece Support Bracket Information

Here is information on the W10202464 Cross Arm (crosspiece) support bracket assembly used in the Whirlpool Duet front load washers. It mounts the the rear of the inner stainless steel basket assembly. Some clients know it as the 'spider'.

Note: The W10202464 is no longer available separate from Whirlpool. You will need to purchase the basket which includes the new W10202464 cross arm support.

The model numbers affected are:

IFW7300WW00
IFW7300WW01
IFW7300WW02
WFW9050XW00
WFW9050XW01
WFW9050XW02
WFW9150WW00
WFW9150WW01
WFW9150WW02
WFW9151YW00
WFW9250WL00
WFW9250WL01
WFW9250WL02
WFW9250WR00
WFW9250WR01
WFW9250WR02
WFW9250WW00
WFW9250WW01
WFW9250WW02
WFW9351YL00
WFW9351YW00
YIFW7300WW00
YWFW9050XW00
YWFW9151YW00
YWFW9351YL00
YWFW9351YW00

If you need Whirlpool Duet tub bearings and seal kit see Duet Bearing.


Thank you,

Jeff Hartman

Happy New Year 2014 from WasherBearings.com - Jeff Hartman

Happy New Year 2014 from WasherBearings.com - Jeff Hartman

See Washer Bearings for all of your washing machine repairs. If you need other appliance parts (other than bearings...) please visit www.washerbearings.com/parts to order replacement parts other than tub bearings and seal. and they can help you get the replacement parts you need!

 Thank you!


 Jeff Hartman