"Learn how to replace your Whirlpool made direct drive washer gearcase"

Before you can replace the washer gearcase you need to have an idea on how to remove it and how to install the new one.

You will also need to know how the gearcase or transmission works to be able to diagnose it properly.

A repair company will charge about $250 to replace the gearcase or transmission in your washer.

If you do it yourself, you could do it for at least half that price.

The job of the gearcase or transmission is to make the washer agitate when the motor runs in a counterclockwise direction and make it spin when the motor runs in a clockwise direction.

If any of the internal gears break or wear out, the gearcase will need to be replace. It is possible to rebuilt the transmission, but I don't do any rebuilding I replace them. So I don't have any information on rebuilding at all.

To be able to replace the gearcase you will need to remove the agitator first.

Then you will need to remove the cabinet, the pump, the motor wire harness and the motor.