Thank you Jeff, who sent me a link to Neptune Wax Motor. This website has great information for the do-it-yourself person who doesn’t mind rolling up their sleeves. For your effort you could save a couple hundred dollars. I had to use a handyman service called Mr. Appliance as my laundry was two weeks overdue and the family needed clean clothes asap. After the dust settled and the handyman left, I spent $487. $300 for the motor and board and $187 for a new rubber seal. I had black mildew growing on my old rubber seal and decided to get a new one. I tried cleaning the mildew with everything from bleach to vinegar and nothing worked. I now leave my door open and unplug the washer when not in use.
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Scott, thanks for mentioning my http://www.neptunewaxmotor.com site. I just started up a new neptune site called http://www.neptunebearing.com where you can purchase the neptune bearings and 12002022 seal kit for about $90.
When your bearings start to go your machine will get louder and louder in the high speed spin cycle where you can’t be in the room with it. I’ve had some folks where they waited so long to correct the bearings that they damaged the motor / motor control board kit, Maytag part 12002039, and had to replace it. I offer this motor conversion kit for $177 on my neptunewaxmotor.com site.
If you need need bearings and call the service guy be sitting down for the quoted repair bill…. It used to be around $650, but now it will be upwards near $1000 since Whirlpool almost doubled the price of the outer tub, which includes the bearings pressed in. Tell the service guy no thanks, goto http://www.neptunerepair.com and save a bunch of money and get more life out of your Neptune.
Don’t replace the outer tub just the bearings. I also have a $380 Neptune bearing tool kit to assist you for rent which has a DVD and online video you can watch for a step-by-step demonstration.
Jeff
Now I’ll keep an ear out for my bearings. One annoying noise that comes and goes with my new motor is the belt slipping off the pulley in the back. The repair tech told me that the new motor has a different torque than the old motor and can cause this squeaking sound from the belt. He said nothing to worry about as it’s only an annoying sound. Good thing I have a laundry room and can close the door during the squeaking. Thanks again for your helpful and detailed website.
Scott