Replacing the Drain Pump in LG Washer
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- So the drain pump went out on our LG washer and we tried to find someone aka professional to replace it but when you live in the stix that’s easier said than done 😂. Anyhoo, we have experience in doing it ourselves now, and like all learning experiences we, by that I mean I, made tons of mistakes.
Enjoy. Thank you for watching.
I love how you keep a smile, laugh and keep a positive attitude, even with the issues you had. You are a blessing, just like my wife, we fixed our washer with your video, Thanks
Thank you. Please give your wife an extra hug, my wonderful, darling, light and love of my life, the reason I smiled passed away in June. I miss him so much but I’m so thankful he helped me and that I can watch us together as often as I can.
I had no idea there were little filters in the back on the hot and cold water hook ups. i removed mine and they were so full of stuff. your video is the first educational video to show this. THANK YOU
I love your video. i like how you took the old drain pump motor apart and showed the yuk that accumulates inside. the details on every little thing is wonderful and so educational. this is so expensive to have a technician come and replace this when it isnt difficult to do yourself. Thank you for this video.
Thank you
Thank you so much!! I was able to fix my machine because of y’all. What a blessing.
Your welcome
Thank you for putting this video together, we have the exact model you have and I couldn’t find a video specific to this model. Thank you!
Thank you for your video and explanation. I changed the pump without problems.
Finally, a video with my model. Thanks for all your help!
I’m so glad it helped. Thank you ☺️
Thank you for your video it was so grateful😀
Your video helped me confirm the different mounts for the pump for my model. Just like yours. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome. Thank you for watching and commenting.
No need to unhook any wires on the door switch. Just take the 2 screws out and leave it alone until ready to assemble back. I have the exact same washer and have been replacing the drain pump motor every 2 years.
I had used other tutorials to disassemble my washer up to where I had to remove the plate holding the pumps down. I didn't know I had to unscrew that plate at the time until finding this video (specifically this part 8:25) with a model of washer similar to mine (WM8100HVA).
Thank you very much for documenting and sharing your experience of replacing your drain pump. 👍
Thank you for your wonderful comment and for watching my video.
What size socket? Great video
You made it fun to watch. I think we all have had projects like this one that didn't go as expected.
Thank you very much, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Washer is still going strong
Great stuff you two! I have a similar design pump system on my LG that just went out, thanks for saving me the guesswork. I went one extra and took that gasket off and bleach cleaned the hell out of it. It was so nasty, I had to lol.
I still remember how nasty our pump looked so good on you for going a step further. Glad we could help. And thank you for watching ☺️
I really liked your video. I liked how you overcame the problems without losing your minds. This is an example of really bad design and cheap parts (but not cheap at the same time.) If they made a proper pump this would not need to be done for over 20 years. Ive replaced this pump 3 X now and I have a fairly new machine by my standards.
Thank you so much and I agree with what you said. Nothing is made to last anymore 😢
Thank you. Got my pump replaced thanks to your video!
I’m so thankful I could help you and thank you so much for letting me know.
I just replaced mine as well as the recirculating pump and the shocks. I lubricated the O rings with silicone grease to create a better seal. After 7 years it seems like it is a common maintenance. Hopefully it'll last a long time.
I hate modern appliances. Currently experiencing "Appliance Armageddon" . A term I have created to describe when two or more major appliances simultaneously fail. Your video was helpful. Thank you!
Great word for appliances today. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Good luck in the Appliance Armageddon.
I enjoyed your video. You actually helped me out. Because my washer isn't having a problem draining, but when the circulation pump comes on it makes a noise. Good to know how this works with two different motors. Awesome job, you had some frustration with it but now you know how to get it done.
Yes and thank you 😊 so glad it helped you.
Thank you - this video was very helpful as I replaced the drain pump on my LG today.
You are very welcome and thank you for watching
Thank you Guys! Lots of details. My pump is spinning pretty fast but it's very weak, and noisy. About to order 2 motors. Not trying to go in there twice to replace the other 1. Great teamwork!
Thank you so very much!
I have the same color/model and after 5 years and a couple of month, the same failure! I will be getting this done today/tomorrow. Great video.
Thank you so much
Thank you for making this change super simple for me.
You are welcome, thank you for wstching
Good video and fun. Successfully replaced my pump and avoided you mistakes (LOL). PS While you're at it, replace those gray water hoses - they tend to burst after may years or lots of use. They're terrible. Buy the braided ones which are reinforced and don't burst - about $20-30 depending on length.
LOL, Thank you. And next time we have to pull it out we will replace the gray water hoses 👍.
So this video is the summation of learning from others mistakes because y'all did EVERYTHING WRONG!😆😆..but I'm glad u finally did get it right. The hard lessons are always the best learned so u should be a pro now! Great video!!
Right, exactly 😂. Thank you for watching and commenting
Thank you for the video, my LG is apart in my garage waiting on the pump to arrive. Enjoy your Starlink, we have had it for 5-6 months and it has been fantastic as compared to the 2Mb DSL we were using before Starlink came available
Thank you for watching. We don’t have a Starlink yet but we are excited for it to come ☺️. I’m glad to hear you are enjoying your.
Thanks for the video helped me change my pump out.
I’m so glad our video helped you. Thank you for watching
You guys explained it very good. It helped me out a lot. Thank you.
Your are so welcome, thank you for watching
great video, currently our machine is waiting for pump arrival. I hope to learn from your video what to double check and thank you for telling us the colour of your wires, hope not to make that error
I’m glad it helped you, thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Thanks for making this video. I have my pump ordered for replacement
where did u order it? my model number is LG WM4270HVA
Its not me looking at someone on UA-cam watching some guy on UA-cam replacing an LG pump.
Womp womp wommmp.
😂😂😂
You should be a pull the pump housing from the bottom of the LG Washer. I have been laying the LG washer on the side and swapping the pump from the bottom without ripping the front apart.
That is awesome to know! Thank you so much.
@Kam Siu how long does it take you to replace the pump if replace from the bottom of the washer?
I am in the uk but this is the same pump as my sisters lg direct drive. just replaced the cold water inlet valve. Then the pump went 🙄 it is a lot older than this one but has the double pump like this one. For a little yellow jet system at the top. Didn’t want to take off the front but now I know I have to 😩 when the new pump comes all in it will now come to £44.00 pound’s hopefully will work a few more years after this as everything still look new inside surprisingly considering it’s from 2007.
Knock on wood, I’m is still going strong. I hope yours going well for years, too. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@@pondarosalife7790 pump will be here off Amazon tomorrow. And I can’t find anything else wrong with it bar the pump doesn’t pump haha. Hopefully be fine and I hope my 2 year old lg lasts as long as hers 🙂
@@pondarosalife7790also that video was hilarious on how many times you messed it up 😆😂🤦🏻♂️
Next time you do a repair always take pictures before you take the part out so can go back on how it’s meant to go back In definitely helps lol.
@@colinsace1 seriously 😂
Speedqueen can't be beat
thanks for the video!!!!
Your welcome
Lean the washer back. You can reach all of that from the bottom.
Before you commit to replacing the pump, there's that little drain hose in the front to empty the pump so you can pull that coin filter. Pull that hose out as far as you can, and inspect it. Mine had a hole worn clear through it, and I didn't even realize it until I was carrying the pump assembly into the kitchen to put the new one on, and it was leaking all over me and the floor. I went ahead and replaced the pump anyway since I had it out, and there were no visible signs of leakage from the pump. O-ring in good shape, no tracking, etc. Meanwhile the machine had been leaking like a sieve.
Another place they can leak (and mine was) is the hot and cold inlet valves. Pull the two screws from the back and pop off the top panel as seen in this video. They're located inside the machine on the top rear where the hot and cold supply connects to the washer. They'll be rusty if they're leaking. Cheap even for OEM, and super easy to replace. If you're going through all this to get to the drain pump, you might as well put in new ones. It was like $60 for the set. FYI, my machine is the WM8000HVA.
Also, thanks for the video.
Thank you so much. I’m definitely keeping up on the maintenance now, never realized how important that was. A little inspecting now and then goes a long ways. 👍
Your video was informative and fun. How 2 videos could be shorter and 2 the point. ; )
I have the same model. Lol I had similar problem given the wire connection was not solid. Then the drain trap wasn't right and a very clean floor ensued.
Thank you for your comment. I tried to make it as short as possible 😂 it’s started out 1 1/2 hours 😱. LOL. And I’m glad am not the only one who made mistakes. Thank you again.
Great and entertaining video
Watched other video which shows you can actually go from under the washer to get access to drain pump for replacement. So you don’t need to take out the front panel.
i wish you and your husband could come fix mine, this is exactly whats wrong, the drain pump went out, this makes me half tempted to try to fix it, but LORD knows what would happen,,,,,i am about in tears, why cant they make this stuff easy to work on
I’m sorry to hear your washer is doing the same thing. So far our washer is still going good since we fixed it. Thank you for watching my video 😊
you dont need to unhook any wires on the front control panel. Just sit it up on the top to get it out of the way
It is so difficult to get that wire around the rubber door seal back on. i wish you would have shown that part in normal motion
Any idea how to just replace that drain pump rubber hose in the bottom left? Mine was clogged and I had to cut some of it off. It still works but it's short...
You could just pulled the pipe from the buttom it's held by 3 bolts , took me 5 min to do everything
Looks like you can access the pump by tilting the machine back? Correct me if I am wrong?
you are correct.. Tilt it up, underneath is a hole /access to remove the two screws seen at 12:08 then remove the front screw seen at 11:16 ( use screw driver to pry little bit) then the drain assembly can be pulled out under the big bottom hole/access- without removing any hoses.. replace pump then do it in opposite, the longest part is tilting the machine - quick and easy
I would gladly pay an extra $100 for a drain pump with a metal impeller that won't get damaged. That plastic impeller is complete junk!
The impeller never gets damaged, all washers have plastic impellers since 1970, but good input
I've got one for $250 if your interested. Haha.
Gosh, your washing machine was manufactured on May 18, 2017. Then a repair to a washing machine of that age is very fast. too bad. success with it.
Right. And so far so good, knock on wood. Lol
I am soooo glad I am single.
😂😂😂
Thank you, so helpful.
I’m glad it helped. Thank you for watching
Great vid. Wouldn't be great if there was a bottom easy access panel. They cant make it easy for home owners.. no no. How else will they make $$ on service. Ugh.
Right, so true. Also seems they companies have trouble making things last, as well. Thank you for watching my video. 😊
thank you for this :)
Your welcome
Maybe silly question: besides water not draining (and maybe OE code) how did you know it was the water pump? Ours isn’t draining or spinning and making a clicking sound.
No such thing as silly questions. Sometime I could get it to work after restarting it, it happened gradually. But the OE code was what told me because of a quick google search. Hope that helps. And thank you for watching.
@@pondarosalife7790 - Thanks for the info. We watched your vid while replacing the pump and it’s back running!
@@8Ryanaugust Awesome, so glad it helped you. 😀
I’m not very good with Technology I saw your question about how we blow out the lines, but I can’t seem to find it when I click on it it brings me to this message. So I’ll just tell you, my husband used an air compressor, a small pan air Compressor, and blew out the lines.
great video!! took my washer apart three times because i mixed up the red and black cords. now i wonder if i switched the little sprayer hoses. does it matter if the little hoses are switched? the pump works great. thank you
Thank you for watching my video. And I’m not sure about switching the hoses, sorry I can’t help on that.
Can you tell me were go the black or red cord? Im inbthe same position
LG WM4270HVA Drain Pump good place to order plug???
Thank you!
I have the same exact set except mine is about 10 yrs old. I just had to replace the pump this weekend. Can you please tell me how you got the front back on ? I'm having the hardest time.
ill tell you….i was all of about 2 more gallon jug bail outs away from needing unjustifiable deep therapy & a new washing machine …. until i saw your video.
first of all - i’m hard pressed to find anything in my entire life that i relate more closely to than your video / traumatic washing machine experience .
i was also seriously starting to believe that i was the only person in the world with those 2 hose thingys & not just one. so then began panicking that my washing machine was potentially not a washing machine at all seeing as how it didn’t work anyway & instead some secret spy device that’s sole purpose was to capture evidence of americans losing their damn mind at the hands of technology.
thanks for having the two hose thingys & reaffirming for me that my machine is not actually a spy device at all but instead just a really big PITA.
signed,
-an american losing mind over technology.
Oh you gave me such a good laugh. Thank you and so glad I helped. LOL.
@@pondarosalife7790 checking back in to let you know that you are a saint, a scholar & someone’s saving grace - & today, it’s mine, as i have just finally stripped the last screw & said f it anyway , slammed the door & pushed speed wash & sure enough - it neither exploded nor imploded but rather - DRAINED INTO THE WHITE PIPE THING BEHIND IT … & i’ve never been so relieved to hear such a god awful gurgly noise as i am right now.
i dedicate the 3+ weeks of laundry sitting on my kitchen floor that will soon smell of gain - to you.
ps - i am jealous that when your husband just kinda hovers - he doesn’t insist on providing “better” repair “suggestions”… mine hovers , picks up my tools just to misplace them, & always has a suggestion of a “better way”…. (for me to do whatever it is i’m doing that he most certainly is not 😂)
i’m not even gonna put the top back on. screw it.
(pps - husband comments are jokes. & i love the support that yours so obviously gives to you & though mine does lose all important tools & falls asleep on toliet as i am holding up the roof or some other incredibly important thing… he always tells me i was right at the end of the day😂)
Darling I love this. Thank you so much, you have turned my whole day around.
Ps and knock on wood, my washer is still going strong 💪, I hope yours does many many years of loads without trouble.
Thank you. You have the same model I have. What was the part number of the pump you ordered? I've ordered 3 now and all of them won't fit because the diameter is too large.
I just used the part number on the inside of the door on the washer, then I found a local part store and they had it in stock. I wasn’t able to find one online. Hope that helps.
I saw two pumps right side must be replaced too?
What is the part number of that assembly
I have forgotten but I found it by googling it.
Thats why pros get paid to be pros
Could you tell me where you got the part from and a part number? Thank you
We ended up finding a supply store in a town near by. And they at for the model # the is inside the door area of the washer. I hope that helps.
How long did this whole process take you?
It was an all day job. 4 plus hours
And I hope 😢 don’t forget conect all hoses😅
😂
Its way too fast when ypu are putting the ring in. How did ypu put the ring in?
Just replace one motor or two motor?
Just one
@@pondarosalife7790 how long did u look for the tab that wasn’t there to remove the pump assembly? Lol I’m sooo glad u made this video! God speed to you an your family! Thanks
@@iNDdoulas79 thank you for watching and commenting.. 😄
How much was your pump?
If my memory serves me right, $65.00 is what we paid for one.
That’s annoying
People should not do a Fixit video if they don't know what they are doing.
Thank you 😊