AWM290L Amana Washer - Instructions

First thing I did was to read the great information from other customers. John from Milton's post titled "frayed v belt" was excellent; so was Joseph from Goldsboro NC under the Pump part posts. I would add the following info which wasn't readily available. The Torx/starbit size mentioned in the posts referenced is a T25 the Amana lw8203w2 I have. I bought a t25 size torx wrench at my local hardware store for $2. I got everything together --the belt took some arm strength for an amateur like me to get on. Also, would recommend gloves as some of the edges are sharp down there. Everything appeared okay and when I started the spin cycle it started then cut off. I thought maybe besides the fan belt there was electronics faulty. However, I found an amana repair guide for my model online at scribd and under the troubleshooting section, it described the cutout of the spin cycle and if the new fan belt is too tight, it will bind and the spin cycle will cut out. So I opened up the front again and worked the belt for several turns to "stretch it" and voila, it worked perfectly.

As described by your information. Also watched your videos about repair. Your web site is amazing and we WILL use it in the future. We have a perfectly running washing machine once again. Thank You!!

Removed old hose, drained the water from the hose. Put new hose on.

detached 2 inlet/ oulet hose/ hose clamps.removed the 4 motor/ pump base screws, tilted motor/ pump assembly and pulled from washer. Removed the 3 pump housing screws, removed pump/ old drive belt. installed new drive belt, pump, reattached pump screws, motor/ pump base screws, reattached hose/ hose clamp. Rreplacement of parts took approxmiatley 30 minutes.