Very good video. Here's a little trick to help get that upper agitator piece back on. Push the lower half of the agitator on first, making sure the splines on the shaft are aligned with the grooves in the agitator. Set the thrust washer in place. Put together the dog assembly and insert it into the upper agitator piece while holding the upper agitator piece upside down. Turn the agitator over. Here's the trick: Take a 6 inch ratchet extension with a 5/8" socket attached to it. Use the socket to hold the dog assembly in place while aligning the slots with the four tabs that stick up from the lower agitator piece. The 5/8' socket will be pushing on the dog assembly right where the 7/16" bolt will go. When they are aligned, use the socket and extension to push the dog assembly onto the plastic tabs. Voila! Swap the 5/8" socket for your 7/16" socket and you are ready to put in the 7/16" bolt and rubber washer.

For someone who took the his valuable time and got NOTHING monetarily for creating this video, except the gratification of helping others, speaks LOADS of your integrity and your character. Thank you, sir for your time in creating it!!!!!

Thank you, Mark! I am a single lady who fixed my Whirlpool agitator using your video! I ordered the parts and had taken apart fully yesterday and when parts arrived today finished up putting in parts and did a load of laundry ta boot!

I did this dog replacement to my Whirlpool Heavy Duty Super Capacity washer about the same time you made this video. My washer was already 18-years old at the time. Now 26, and still going strong.

You showed us how to be able to tell if its not working. The Plumber channels don't show that. Thank you, well Done.

Thank you for this wonderful video. I was able to fix my washer in no time at all!! Your detailed explanations were invaluable. This repair cost me $5 and I know it would have been at least $75 for a repairman. Thanks again!!

Thanks to you I've done a simple repair without blowing up the house!!! ;)

I have one of these washers. It works much much better than the newer models. If you have one, do everything you can to keep it operational, including spending the money on repairs. Do NOT get rid of it.

I was about to drop $500 for a new machine! Excellent video, fixed it myself, total cost half hour of my time and a 4.99 pack of dog ears on Amazon! Thanks for making it simple!

Major help! Had just this problem. Thanks to this video I was able to remove agitator. Dogs were all broken. Ordered new kit for 8 bucks on Amazon ... and voila! Service call would have been a minimum of 70 bucks. And all I needed was a 7/16s socket, the replacement parts and your video. Thanks so much!

I just wanted to thank you so much for the time you took to show us how to fix this. Mine wouldn't spin anymore and turned out it was just old worn down dogs. (I would have never known had I not seen this video and would have just purchased a new washer.) I found the dogs for about $5 locally and now it's running like new again! Thank you, Thank you!!

awesome job - just did this with my husband and its fixed! The washer is 12 years old, but that is the only thing that was wrong with it - works great now!

Thanks for sharing this. I've been struggling to get an agitator out that had a severely corroded bolt head so when I finally got it out with a stripped bolt extractor I was frustrated I couldn't pull the agitator assembly apart to change the dogs as most other videos make it seem so easy like it just falls apart. Yours gave a tip to stand on it so you can give it a strong pull and that did the trick.

Really appreciate you posting this video!! I can't express how grateful I am and I couldn't fix so many things without people posting these videos!!

Thank you Mark, just did a quick Sunday morning repair thanks to your video. And, thanks to William Fox (comment below) who told us how to deal with those pesky locking tabs on the dog assembly.

Thank you so much! Going to show my mom, you have the same washer as hers. I have told her that I can fix this. Now to fix it and save some money. You are a God send! Bless you.

Direct drive washers are subject to have this problem. This is a down right simple fix, Thanks for the video.

EXCELLENT WORK, clear, concise and we're up and running in under an hour. I encountered a minor issue caused by my machine. It apparently wore down 2 of the 4 tabs as though me;ted by friction-heat after the machine's dog teeth were worn thru. Simple fix with a Dremel drill and small grinder to remove the meleted portion that was holding back removal. Reassembled and it runs factory smooth. Thanks Mark, again, great work.

Thank you uploader very much!! Excellent instructions and easy to follow. You did mention the four white tabs on the lower agitator contrary to another poster. I actually found it easier to place the bottom of the agitator in the machine first. Then I lowered the top piece by "eyeballing" the four slots in the dog assembly to the four tabs on the agitator and it slipped right on. The whole job cost me 10 bucks. I'm willing to bet a repairman would have charged in the 200 dollar range to perform this.Thanks again!!

I wanna thank the guy who made this video. I fixed my washer myself and didn't need to get a repair guy

Love the kitty that did the walk-on-by @ 7:46 into this clip. LOL Great tutorial. I had to do this fix as well. Mine was on a Kenmore 80 series. The trick with getting the bolt into the hole to tighten down the auger is this. Take your ratchet with extender and socket on the end and find a small piece of paper towel. Cut it so that it's 4" square. Then fold that square in half then in half again. That should be enough to put over the socket. Next push down the screw so that it forces the paper towel into the socket thus holding the screw inside the socket snugly enough to screw it back into the auger. That's it! Done.

Thank you for this! My appliance repair guy wants $100 to fix this same issue. Now I can do it myself!

More vids of this tipe of machine please!!!!!! :)

Thank you so much it is videos like your that help people fix their problems with little to know money. Not knocking the professionals, but sometimes people do not be having the money they ask for

Great How to... video. Just got finished competing the job with the identical washer. Got the parts I need from Amazon in a couple of days in time for the next wash. Now I know a little more on how the agitator is supposed to work and wonder how long mine was not working properly, thanks to you.

Thank you thank you thank you for posting this Detailed repair video, saved me lots of money!

Helped me 2021 - Whirlpool washer, dog lead stuck under the agitator and wound tight around the shaft. Agitator came out exactly as described. I even got the dog lead back in use!

I think that is why my clothes keep getting twisted around my agitator. My husband will check it out. Your video helped immensely.

We ordered the replacement parts and installed - thanks to your directions. and NO more tangled clothes!!! YAY!!! And no repairman bill $$$ !!!

Thanks for this making this video. It is still helping, many years later. I just fixed my Whirlpool washing machine after viewing your video. Works like new. THANKS!

Thank you for taking the time to do this video! For $9 Canadian I was able to replace the feed dogs in my washer and she works as good as new. Thank you!

Bingo!!! Cost me 8 bucks, Mark. Thank you SO much. All back up and running again thanks to you!! Bravo!!

I just seen this and very good detail of what we need to do our washer went bresk last night and we thought the it broke but it turns out the bolt was lose so we are going to put it back in tonight and see what happens Thank you for this great video!😍😄

Thanks for this. Now I know exactly what to do to repair mine. Saved me the expense of a costly repairman call.👍🇨🇦

Excelent video, I did not know what was happening to my washer, now with your video I know what to do and it will save me some money. I really apreciate it!

I have a Whirlpool Ultimate Care II with this issue. The washer is about 15 years old. I had trouble separating the lower agitator from the top part at first. There are 4 tabs that go through the grooves in the dogs assembly with their tops welded to the assembly cover. You can tell them apart from the cover because it's white plastic vs. transparent plastic of the cover. I used a 1/4 inch wood drill (the one with sharp pin in the middle of the tip so that you can center the drill on the welds and it doesn't slide off) an drilled the welds out. Don't go too far, just enough to break the welds-about 1/2 mm or 0.020 inch. The parts came right apart. Make sure you remove all debris and cut off burrs from the top of the tabs so they don't catch on anything when you put assembly back in. One more advice: clean the o-ring on the top cover and apply some silicon grease to it. It will be easier to put in. Without it the rubber of the o-ring might catch on the inside of the housing and come off. I hope it helps. All together a $5 (plus tools if you don't have them) and 30 minute fix. Awesome! Thanks, Mark

Awesome video. Didn't realize this was such an easy inexpensive fix. Thank you for sharing! Blessings from Motown.

When you put the cover over the dogs don't cover the holes in the agitator, the holes are fer the fabric softener to drain out, good job explaining the work

Thanks! Just fixed mine thanks to your video! Only hard part was reattaching the augur to the agitator. Couldn’t get it back on using the new part, so just put the new dogs into the old part and it went back on pretty easily! Thanks again!

Thank you, saved my marriage.

Thank you for your time to put up this small Video ... Saved me BIG !!! Thanks Again.

thank you for putting this video out .

This works, but be careful on the pull apart. I snapped 1/4 inserts to the base. Luckily it still came back together. Good video. Thanks

Thanks to your video I was able to fix our washer. Great job! Thank you 👍🏼

I ordered the parts and it took me about ten minutes to fix it. Thanks so much for posting this video!!

Great job, watched your video to see how to get the assembly apart, and learned a great deal more.

Thank you a lot! My machine had the same problem! Now all works like new!

Thanks for teach !! Regards from México

Thx I've had my imperial series washer going since 2002 the dogs were just gone and hard this video helped me make it run like new again.

Thank you very much Mark! I fixed my washer machine by myself! Very easy with your instructions!

You can also use a silicone grease on the thrust washer

Mine was difficult to seperate even stepping on it I was really pulling hard. wound up kinda beatting on it then parts went fling lol. A lot of washers including whirpool are slightly differant so I had to look at a lot of videos to find yours it is identical to mine. So all fixed thanks

Thanks was a big help ..clear instructions and detailed video hit the spot!

Excellent instructions!! Thank you for saving me $$

Great video. My washer works like new again!

Thank you, This video shows the washer I was repairing. You were a great help. 😊😊😊

I think I have the same problem? I am unable to drain the water either? I put a heavy blanket a few months ago and straight after that's when it started playing up. Cool, I think I need a new agitator or water pump? Thanks for the video it will heap out.

Thank you for this mine is just like yours I ordered the dogs from Walmart you're an answer to prayer

THANKS SO MUCH for making the video! Our washer TANGLES our clothes up! Is this a symptom of worn out "dogs"??? Thank you again!!

This was spot on!! Perfect part, easy fix.

Thank you for the video. I think I can do this. Beats calling in a repairman.

...I took a little file and chamfered the tops of the splines on the agitator so it was much easier to get the ratchety part lined up on them... Did your cat get extra Friskies for helping out with the making of the video...?

Hi Mark, Thank you very much!Very clear instructions! My clothes wrap around the agitator, and the tub bangs side to side. Do you know if this will fix it?

Thank you for taking the time and for all your effort to make this video. Great job well done!

Thank you for this video. I was able to repair the washer with your help.

Thank you for your video! I fixed my washer all by myself, for under 10 bucks!

My dogs seems fine and fixed it the first time by tightening the bolt. It worked fine for a few days and now it seems the dogs still engage but still won't agitate. Can't tighten or loosen the bolt now it just spin. Even if I hold the lower agitator unit the bolt won't loosen

Very clear and well explained. Thanks.

Don't get a new washer. They are crap today and won't agitate to wash your clothes as good as the one you have. I have one like yours bought in 2006 and I'm refurbishing them. :)

excellent explanation. thanks for sharing! you've got my respect!

thank you so much it's been many years since I've had to do this I definitely needed your refresher course lol thanks again

Thank you, Mark! Pity you couldn't have had $1 per view.. $650,000 would buy you a new washing machine, with plenty of change left over :-)

thanks this was a really helpful my hubby will appreciate this he is a DIY repair man!

Thanks so much! Gonna order parts and try myself

Thank you! I was able to repair my washer for less than $4 in parts!

9:40 Seems funny to grease that "thrust washer" since plastic washers such as that usually are known to be pretty much frictionless therefore not needing lubrication?

Thank you

I have a GE washer and the very middle (what you pulled out) wont move when its running. My question; is the middle augur suppose to move freely when washer isn't being used? Looks like this is what's wrong with mine.

Good video. But do I have to keep the water in the tub while I am removing all the parts from inside the tub? Thanks.

The Whirlpool built direct drive washers are way better than the new belt drive models, Cabrio HE top loaders, Duet Front loaders.

Tank you, in this time i have the same problem in my washer i go now to try to fixed now.

I love Whirlpool washers, have had two. The downside their agitators could have been designed a bit better.

Its seems to me that it is your first time replacing the dogs agitator of your washing machine coz you are not familiar on how to put them back without the dogs agitator not falling apart. Anyway you did it on your first try.😀😀😀

i have this washer its a really good washer machine

Hi thanks for your video. I'm also having a hard time getting those white pieces to go through all the way I couldn't really see how you're doing it could you please describe it for me if you get a chance thank you

thanks Mark for the video

Thanks man you did a good job and helped me out a lot I appreciate your helpful video

Exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!!!!!

simply turn it upside down and install the dog assembly from the bottom. Also no need for locktite, it is self tightening, just snug it up, and you are good to go.

Thanks a lot!! Very helpful video. Saved me some money...

What if the bottom spins freely but connected to it

Trid to reset it but it still wasn't come on

you can tell its broken when he turns the top part of the agitator counterclockwise and the bottom of the agitator doesn't move with it

Damn, that’s the exact washer I grew up with, except it wasn’t a 3 speed

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mark!!!!!

What if the bottom agitator isn't moving?

I have a whirlpool washer everything works but when i put my downy in middle part (i don't know what it's called" It goes right through it into the drum i don't know why pls help!

Thank you for this video!! Well done! I only have one question! My agitator is going back and forth but much stronger than it was originally! Did I do something wrong since it is not going in one direction?

Should I be able to hold the bottom agitator by hand? My roper seems like it’s not agitating fast. Spinning and everything else is fine anyone have advice? I’ve replaced a whole upper agitator cam kit.

I replaced the dawgs and the work properly. But the slip when I wash a load. Any suggestions?