Lift out the softener cup located on top of the agitator,there is a 7/16" nut bolted down into the agitator spline that may have come loose
once this 7/16" nut is free,grab the lower portion of the agitator bell and wiggle it side to side while applying upward pressure,there is a drive-bell seal and this is probably holding the agitator on with friction,with enough upward motion it will give and agitator will lift upward and out of tub.you may need to replace the drive-bell seal after this
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The 3 pieces of the fabric softener assembly can be removed, but that only gives me access to a hollow area in the top side of the agitator body. The nut has come of the top of the agitator spline and is trapped in the underside of the agitator body by the "drive bell"? I need to figure out how to get this "drive bell" out of the bottom of the agitator body so I can access the nut, bolt the drive bell back on top of the agitator spline, and snap the agitator body back on to the drive bell.
This is for an Amana washer, model ALW880QAW. A diagram can be found at:
http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partse...
I certainly appreciate your continuing interest and helpfulness with your additional comments. But I don't think I've described the situation well enough to visualize.
I've got an "agitator assembly" that has come completely loose from the trasmission output shaft of the agitator motor. The "agitator assembly" is completely out of the washer tub, leaving just the exposed splined transmission output shaft. The "agitator assembly" consists of the agitator vane (or bell), a 3-piece fabric softener assembly on the top of the agitator vane (which can be easily removed, but gives no access to the underside of the agitator vane), and the drive bell assembly (which is still attached to the underside of the agitator vane).
The 7/16" nut and plug that are used to bolt the drive bell down on top of the transmission output shaft are rattling around loose inside the body of the agitator vane, trapped by the still-attached drive bell.
Normally, when the agitator assembly is still attached to the transmission output shaft, you can remove the agitator vane, by grabbing the bottom of the vane, or using agitator hooks, and using the leverage of the bottom of the agitator vane, prying the agitator vane up and off of the drive bell which is held onto the transmission shaft by that 7/16" nut.
My problem is, since the drive bell is not attached to the transmission output shaft, but is instead, wedged into the bottom of the agitator vane, I have no leverage with which to pull the agitator vane off of the drive bell, or the the drive bell out of the agitator vane.
I certainly appreciate your continuing interest and helpfulness with your additional comments. But I don't think I've described the situation well enough to visualize.
I've got an "agitator assembly" that has come completely loose from the trasmission output shaft of the agitator motor. The "agitator assembly" is completely out of the washer tub, leaving just the exposed splined transmission output shaft. The "agitator assembly" consists of the agitator vane (or bell), a 3-piece fabric softener assembly on the top of the agitator vane (which can be easily removed, but gives no access to the underside of the agitator vane), and the drive bell assembly (which is still attached to the underside of the agitator vane).
The 7/16" nut and plug that are used to bolt the drive bell down on top of the transmission output shaft are rattling around loose inside the body of the agitator vane, trapped by the still-attached drive bell.
Normally, when the agitator assembly is still attached to the transmission output shaft, you can remove the agitator vane, by grabbing the bottom of the vane, or using agitator hooks, and using the leverage of the bottom of the agitator vane, prying the agitator vane up and off of the drive bell which is held onto the transmission shaft by that 7/16" nut.
My problem is, since the drive bell is not attached to the transmission output shaft, but is instead, wedged into the bottom of the agitator vane, I have no leverage with which to pull the agitator vane off of the drive bell, or the the drive bell out of the agitator vane.
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