Service manual

4. The boot is still attached to the water inlet duct

that is located just inside the front panel at the upper

left corner from the opening. This is where the

water, soap, bleach and fabric softener enter the

tub. To remove (and later on, reattach) the clamp

holding this in place on the end of the duct make a

tool from a three inch piece of 3/8 inch soft copper

tubing by flattening one end somewhat, so that it

can be slipped over the twisted ends of the clamp.

Twist the tube counterclockwise to open the wire

clamp. Remove the clamp and pull the boot free from

the duct.

5. Using both hands, grab onto the boot at the top of

the opening to the tub and pull downward and toward

you with slow steady pressure. As the boot is pulled

free from the outer lip of the tub (at the top), the

coiled spring that holds the boot from the groove

behind the lip around the opening to the front shell

will become visible. You can either continue pulling

on the boot until it comes off or you can hook the

spring (with a piece of coat hanger fashioned into a

hook) and pull it off and then pull the boot off

separately.

Reinstalling or replacing the boot:

1. The boot has a lip that will have to be folded into the

groove behind the lip on the front tub shell. To start,

examine the boot and locate the groove in front of

the lip that corresponds to the similar lip and tab on

the tub shell.

2. Using some liquid dishwasher soap sparingly

lubricate this groove on the boot to make it easier to

slip onto the lip of the tub shell.

3. Once the groove in the boot is lubricated with soap,

locate the arrow that is located on the top of the

boot (located to the right of the extrusion that slips

over the duct). This arrow must point up when the

boot is installed.