Successful Removal of LG Washer stuck pulsator wash plate

How to remove washer pulsator agitator

[@iamthemiracle81]

I'm seconds away from using a stick of fucking dynamite.

[@NR-os2cw]

🤣🤣

[@staceymc1972]

same

[@sillyhandy]

Great! I'm lucky to find this way to take out the plate. I used ratchet but not pry bar. Other videos just remove it so easily and I look myself stupid. lol

[@ButtersCCookie]

Best video on here! WORKED! Fast and informational. Husband wouldn't wait to soak it. Took him an hour to untangle the ratchet strap. Used some pencils in a rubber band. Walmart is 3 minute drive.Yall made my day!

[@sterlingreed1363]

Glad it helped!

[@choowaikong8578]

LG should do a better design so that it can be dismantled easily

[@Jimmydholt]

Great idea with the strap. Worked for me without ratcheting. Thanks!

[@brianwherry7255]

Wonder if a longer bolt of the same thread would press it up?

[@moagoo5714]

I tried several methods, but this is the one that worked. God bless you for sharing this!

[@grundyb]

Great idea! I only soaked it with WD40 and it came loose after soaking for several hours. I was almost lost on how to get it off but got lucky with that WD40.

[@ButtersCCookie]

I would of just fill it up and leave vinegar or use CLR for a couple of hours?

[@michaelhartman7594]

Great idea, I’m going to try this

[@tompatzkowsky5687]

I attempted this. I’m pretty strong and could not lift the plate off with the strap underneath. I am mechanically inclined, I was frustrated and called it a day. The next morning, my wife put vinegar and boiling water on it. The plate just lifted up. It hadn’t been cleaned since we bought it 8-9 years ago. Needless to say, work smarter, not harder.

[@CesarEstrada92]

Can i run a tub wash without that tub plate?

[@laundryandtrainman2467]

What kind of model is it?

[@nickmorrow7229]

I would have thought a mechanical puller would do the job. The pullers are used to pull a steering wheel off the spline shaft or pull the thrust bearing from input shaft! I wonder if anyone has used this method l have mentioned

[@jjwo711]

Having the same issue. Where did you use the pry bar? In the middle?

[@sterlingreed1363]

Yes the pry bar was placed over the top center.

[@akmv1]

Got a wire hanger and hooked it into two of the three holes and pulled as hard as I could, feels like it didn't move an inch. Might have to do this, I'm losing patience

[@johnmichaellunstrumsr.7716]

having the same problem right now. heading to get a ratchet strap 🤦‍♂️

[@RyanOlsen]

I had a coin stuck in there that I was able to get out with pliers. When that got stuck, do you think it could have caused permanent damage?

[@sterlingreed1363]

Besides scratching the wash plate. I don’t think the coin would damage anything important.

[@RyanOlsen]

@@sterlingreed1363 Thank you so much for your fast reply. I ran a load with just a couple of towels and could see the wash plate agitating the clothes, so I think I'm good. I couldn't see that happening with a full load.

[@BOB88o]

great post

[@Mostballestplaya]

I couldn't get the straps inside that small wedge even with a putty knife 😑

[@brianwherry7255]

Omg I hope this works. At wits end over here .

[@nicolekelly8502]

DON'T DO THIS! TRY MY METHOD INSTEAD!! I watched a TON of these videos and only 1 worked. I felt dumb after trying all the tools and straps. Just take off the plastic cap. Remove the bolt. Pour in some bleach and set it on 'Tub Clean'. I canceled the cycle at 0:50 and the washplate was there floating in the water. Stupid easy. The tub will drain automatically after a while or you can just close the lid and let it complete the cycle. I felt silly after trying to manhandle the washer! (Note: I'm 5'2" petite female and probably wouldn't have been able to muscle that thing off anyways.)

[@frosttvy1154]

Tried it didn’t work

[@frosttvy1154]

I let it stop at 50 but my washer doesn’t have a cancel cycle

[@genamaranto1875]

This worked like a charm!

[@lucasnickolson3425]

Mine is so stuck it won’t even do that. I tried every single method so far and nothing has worked

[@robertalarsen4158]

This idea of using bleach really did work! We tried so many suggestions - I didn’t think bleach would work, so I tried a washing machine cleaner cube thing thinking that it needed the minerals dissolved more than a disinfectant. That didn’t get the plate out but got a lot of gunk. Then my husband told me to try the bleach suggestion. The plate just started floating in the wash cycle with about 27 minutes left (before rinse cycle).

[@jacedebois8926]

Sick

[@rochroche9167]

LOL! no luck taking it out for me.

[@rochroche9167]

yeeeeeeey about time.. it comes off. i used similar to your idea but used a wood to pull the side rope, then on the middle of the supporting wood I roped ratchet while both side rope are aligned, like a --C shape, then start tightening ratchet rope, finally comes off like no sweat. Could have thought if it yesterday,. :)

[@sly9263]

I destroyed mine trying to remove it- what a piece of shit design.

[@choowaikong8578]

LG should do a better design so that it can be dismantled easily without damaging it..Stupid company

[@heatherschoening3925]

My Samsung washer has this agitator plate thing too. I can't for the life of me get it off. I tried otherhow-too video's, and they say to stick a screw driver in one of the three holes under the cap and just pull up... but when I do that I feel like the screw driver is gonna snap or I'm going to break something. It's difficult and definitely a poor design.

[@sly9263]

@@heatherschoening3925 I wound up buying a new agitator plate and ripping the old one out with vice grips

[@iamthemiracle81]

Same. Things a fucking toilet

[@warrenwarren4339]

Just run it on cleaning mode

[@WolfNRaven]

I'm doing this now and nothing. That shit is really on there

[@sterlingreed1363]

Lgwt5070cw

[@sarajanereid4598]

Sorry, I'm 70 years old and short (lady). I haven't the strength.

[@sly9263]

I'm 6'3 225 and I work out- couldn't remove it. Something is wrong with the machine design- probably why it's discontinued.

[@samkitty5894]

Not a good method as all the pressure is on the outside. You'll end up bending the hole thing. But that doesn't matter as you'll have to replace the entire part any way. I have a good removing the bolt and running the machine with water and some bleach. Movement pushes it out.