Hello Laurie (Lms8493),
Good number...
PAV5000AWW your
part number
wp3400029 - is indeed a WHIRLPOOL
(a UNIVERSAL part number... common to many brands).
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/whirlpool-10-32-keps-wp3400029-ap6008383.html
Check the ASSEMBLY...
HOLD
down "nut" (possible O-ring) and plastic
cover
cap should keep your agitator in place.
No
hoax...
YOU can research the
MAYTAG history on
Wikipedia (a
contemporary WISDOM
compiled in an encyclopedic format (I personally use, like & donate)
) ...
Indeed... MAYTAG has log been
VERY SIMILAR
to all the other machines on the market...
DECADES AGO...
Long ago (when I was young)
MAYTAG designs
were remarkably different, unique & quite ROBUST...
(about the same time I used to respect KENMORE...
(the "new" SEARS KENMORE
ELITE being a rusty
little eyesore (disgrace) in my beautiful laundry room).
ALL TERRIBLY interesting digressions I would
RELISH
the opportunity to discuss (US Law-Makers designed
built and IMPLEMENTED (lobby interests))...
Which left thousands of AMERICAN WORKERS,
(BOSSES... Engineers, manufacturers and workers
(BLAH, blah, blah... homeless, jobless...
(provoking PRESIDENT
William Jefferson Clinton to
put out one of the best/kindest & effective welfare
reforms in RECENT HISTORY)...
Still a major digression.
My FAVORITE site for video guidance is
appliancepartspros... Shows an
UPPER AGITATOR at:
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/whirlpool-upper-agitator-21001878-ap4024469.html
If you do not FIND precisely what you want... telephone them...
Two other competitors...
Repairclinic
Appliance Parts Lawn Mower Parts Heating Cooling Parts 365 day returns
Partselect.com
PartSelect Appliance Parts and Repair Help
Hope this helps (else comment me back (here daily)).
Carnac the Magnificent