OMFG!!!!!!I've been fighting this stupid door for an hour!!!! it took me less than 10 minutes using your method! you just got a new subscriber. thank you
After an hour I asked my wife for help to no avail. I thought I would spend hours trying to find a solution, if at all but I found Ben’s Appliance video in a matter of minutes. Thank you so much, Joe
Thank You. You just saved me a trip to buy a “special tool” I didn’t need but once or twice in my lifetime!!! After trying with the help of my son for 20 minutes, I watched your video and I did it myself in less than 5 minutes.
I took a cheap 16" bar clamp & reversed the end so it's now a spreader & put zip ties on the ends connected to the ring spring & it worked great expanding that spring in order to get the ring into place
I forgot to try this! Wish i had. My hands arent strong enough to use the needle nose pliers on the zip ties. After struggling snd struggling, I finally grabbed my locking pliers and clamped them on the zip tie. Finally that worked! But the bar clamp sounds better!
You absolute legend! I was on the point of booking an engineer to put this sprung hoop back on for me. I spent a looong time trying myself and looking for help on the interwebs. I like to think I am quite handy but this this had me beat. Thanks so much.
Ben, You DA MAN! Thanks for this! WOW!!! You're one of your Favorites I Watch on RU-vid! Subscribed! 2 thumbs UP! It's very rewarding to work on washers, dryers and refrigerators, and other appliances.
You’re unbelievable man! This took me about 10 mins after struggling for two hours or more to get the spring back on using long nose pliers. Thanks so much! 🙏🙏
Worked way better than I expected. The only issue was the tie would slip out of the eye in the spring. Had to squeeze the eye a bit more to close it. Wish I knew this the last time I had to take the gasket off. It saved me from buying a tool I hope to never need again. Good job.
Soooooo frustrating to get to the very end of taking all the front parts of my Samsung washer apart to replace the drain pump (successfully!), getting it back together and be stumped by this last step. After many attempts to stretch the spring without popping the gasket out of its rim, I finally came back to find help. Thank’s Ben, you have saved my sanity, at least for today.
Finally took my machine apart today, and I got to this step, and fought with it for about 10 minutes then I remembered watching this video last year. Pulled it up, watched it again, 3-4 minutes later, done!! 😊😮 thanks
Thank you!!! This saved Christmas at my house! I was devastated when the seal popped off, spent hours on the phone making an appointment w/ GE to fix it a week out, and then found this video. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I replaced the seal on my Samsung Front Loader about a year ago and I'm having to redo the seal now...while looking for the original video that showed how to take things apart..I discovered your video and remembered so much the sweat and struggle I had to get that spring on..This advice here is a game changer. Thank you so much for sharing!
I had to tackle this alone without an expander. This trick, did the trick. I had to use double zip ties on each end, but once in place, I cut one one each side and the spring stress broke the other two. Works great. Thank you.
Thank you so much for this video. We have a large family, and when my oldest son brought my morning tea with the news that this strange wire with a spring had come off the washing machine - well, I could have panicked. I turned to Google and RU-vid, found this video, and now the washer is all good again! Thanks again!
Nice and simple. My bar clamp spreader method was bulky and clumsy. I've been in love with cable ties since I first met one. Now my love is stronger than ever.
Ok… seriously this is one of the best ever RU-vid repair tips ever…. I spent 1.5 hours hopelessly trying to reinstall my Bosch washer gasket exterior spring… this videos very creative fix worked perfectly in less than 10 minutes… it worked awesomely… thank you, thank you…!!
This the way, to quote the Mandalorian. You are an absolute genius. I don't even want to admit how long I struggled with the boot seal, ordered the tool and then found this.
I never comment but this deserves one - It was too easy and beats all the other hacks by a mile. Job done in a 5 minutes. Seriously, the hardest part is finding a spanner, pliers and cable ties and packing up. Total legend, sir👍👍👍
I just used zip ties straight through the eyelets on a Samsung spring several years ago, using the tails as pull handles to spread the spring after I had proximately placed it in the seal groove.It worked a treat after I carefully cut the ties and pulled them out of the eyelets using a bit of detergent as lube! Your method looks more controllable.
I've been wrestling with a door boot spring for more than I should have been today, so searched for some secrets, found this...and it took me longer to make the device than to get the spring on...thank you so much for you're invaluable help.
After replacing a broken door lock on a frontloader, next was installing the boot. I watched this video and did it just as demonstrated and it worked! I did use a longer wrench to cover the extra distance of the door opening. Thx for this genius hack!👍
Thank you so much! I did it! I really wanted to do this by myself without having to ask for help, and this worked! I also want to share my appreciation for referencing in your video that women can do this too.
I made my own spring expander using one of my quick grip clamps. I fed the clamp in reverse so when you pull the clamp trigger it expands instead of grips. Then I drilled two screws through clamp, inserted the screw ends into the spring holes and expanded expanded it with the clamp trigger. BINGO!
You saved my rear end! I bought my mother in law a new washer and dryer and was reversing the doors. Wasn't paying any attention to the fact that the washer door was not reversible until I took the two screws out of the door sensor and it fell down. Getting it out was easy... Then I couldn't figure out how to get this stupid ring back on. Thank you so much for this video.
I have the same type washer as shown in this video. Its about 2 years old and all of a sudden it would start spinning but would stop after about 5 seconds. There are very few videos on you tube because it is so new. I found the trouble code and troubleshooting on one of your videos. The trouble shooting indicated the problem was with the Hall Sensor. Looking at other videos on hall sensors it appeared that they just clip on and would be easy to replace. Using info from another one of your videos, I opened up the machine but there was no hall sensor visible. It appeared that the hall sensor was built in to the motor so I replaced the motor. Machine still did not work. I got a wiring diagram from GE it it appeared the hall sensor is connected to the inverter board. I replaced the inverter board and the machine works like new. I was also very thankful for your video on expanding the spring to reinstall the rubber gasket!!!!! Your videos were very helpful. I don't know how to do you tube videos, but I thought I would pass this along so you might do a video some time in the future. Thanks again!!
Hats off to Ben for sharing this "MacGyver". Worked like a charm. For others about to use this trick, pay attention to the final position of the zip-tie joints he shows - makes it simple to leverage the pliers to tighten.
Your method was highlighted in a video I watch on the complete replacement of the washer door seal. This repair guy mentioned your ingeniou method of getting the door washer spring in place.
This is a great solution. The quality of the zip ties is critical. I needed to double up the ties for my crappy ones to work. Need a 7 inch long wrench.
Another AMEN to all the other positive notes! My washer has been a nightmare (replacing two bearings...total tear-down)... your hack is a blessing...worked perfectly. Thank you!
Brilliant hack! I got to 1:38 and saw where you were going with this! Took me more time to say thanks than it took to get that pesky spring re-installed! Thanks a million!
I had already purchased the spring expansion tool on Amazon. The issue was the size of the prongs on the tool, the one eyelet on the spring was too small. This hack was amazing, although I did need to make one adjustment. The zip ties also were too wide to fit through the eyelet with the spring inserted. I adjusted this hack by using sisal twine, tied that end tight, had long enough zip ties to attach to the other spring eyelet and expand the spring per the hack. I did need to make a further adjustment, I doubled the sisal twine, as a single strand broke as I expanded the spring. Greatest hack ever!!
Thanks - the spanner hack worked, I had changed the door interlocker (easy), putting the gasket wire spring was a different matter, your idea WORKED! A big thanks
I totally used this tip this morning! Every time I tried to squeeze the two ends together, it would pull the gasket off its spot. Pre-stretching the spring to pretty close to clearing the gasket gave me the time to make sure the spring was in place before I cut the wire ties. popped right on! I also used a 5/8" wrench and 8" wire ties as suggested. Wife was getting ancy about getting her washer back. thanks, for the great tip!
OMG! This is genius! I spent hours om trying to put that ring back and had no success. I knew there must be some way to put it on but did not think about the wrench! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Took me a minute to put the ring on after failing few stretching attempts.
You are the Man. Mine popped off somehow a year or so ago. Me & one of my sons eventually got it back on. I later saw the pliers & thought it wasn't that hard to spend that much money for something I'll probably never do again. My seal just blew out with several holes & a big rip. Some reason my wife seems to think her ink pens need washing from time to time. Great idea, think outside the box. Thanks another for tip & will be using it a little later today when my seal gets here. Have a beer on me & thanks again
Thank You so much! got the ring back on the washer easy! snapped into place. Moral of this story for me is to not buy GE junk period! My wife picked this exact washer over a smaller Amana or Maytag choice. Next time we're buying American made only, no GE junk!
I bought one of those tools to stretch the spring… it finally arrived and it’s to big… frustrating… I found this video… I cannot Thankyou enough…. Few minutes later door boot seal back on this method stretched the spring easily and putting seal back on was so easy. Happy to report washing machine working fine…. Thankyou so much. You saved me time, money and stress. 😊
Thanks for the video. Took me a few tries with different wrenches etc, but got it to work. Thanks for spending the time to help us mentally challenged DIY’s.
After struggling with the ring for a hour I came accross this great video,and job was completed in 10 minutes. Thanks so much young man for your timesaving and probably some blood video
Ben thank you ! Surprised when I opened the door to my fairly new GE front loaders gasket askew.... After multiple failed attempts I found your video. VERY simple to complete. Thank you again!!!
This is amazing I do my washing machine & it’s work & is do very easy before I try they take 1 hours & no fix & I try this mathod & work in 2 minutes Thanks alot sir
Soap your fingers and the spring, slide your thumbs around the spring while putting it on. Only one I can’t get is an LG and I just use the tool for those. Works every time
Wow, this worked like a charm. Struggled to get it on by sheer brute force, but then I found this tip. Did one try to see if spring had stretched enough, it hadn’t. Stretched it some more, slipped it on, tucked in all sides and cut the zip ties…done!! Thank you!
I love the trick. A cheap set of autobody body trim tools would work better than the needle nose pliers and are less likely to damage the new gasket. Great vid.
This is amazing. Yes it worked great!! Thank you so much. I replaced the inverter on mine bc it wasn't going to the spin cycle and fixed it. I would also add I used the 5/8 craftsman wrench that has a slight bend on the end. Make sure you put the wire in the inside of the curve to match up with the washer.
Thank you so much for posting this video. I struggled so much thinking I could do it without any tools. Impossible. I also could not find tool in my area anywhere. Needed it up and running as soon as possible. Your trick worked like a charm. Thanks alot.
This Guy is Freaking Brilliant- Thank you. I spent hours trying to get it to go on and stumbled on this video. Had mine on in minutes. The dude who made this video deserves a golden medal!
Saw this hack a few years back. Now that I need to replace it, this video came up on my 1st search and works great. For women, a cuticle cutter works great to cut the tie, but working the tie in place will require the needle nose plier. If you are OCD like me, use a soft nail filer w/ a curb edge to push the seal back tightly without puncturing.
Thank you so much for this! I struggled for quite a while last night trying to replace the spring ring. This worked exactly as shown & is the only way I could have gotten it done. THANK YOU!
I tried your wrench technique but couldn't get things to line up properly. I ended up going even more minimal and used just cable ties just to pull the two ends together and eventually it worked. Thanks for the idea!
I used your spring stretching technique and it worked beautifully. Thank you so much as I was just beginning to contact repair shops to see if I could rent a tool when I saw your video. Thank you very much.
My wrists were dead trying to stretch this on. Thank you so much for this 5 minute fix!!!! Remind me of this in a few months (when I’ll hopefully have a bit more money) and I’ll send you $5
Thank you! I did buy the cheap version of the real tool on Amazon but it was too wide at its narrowest position to go into the springs, and not wide enough at its open position to get the spring back on. I did finally manage to get the old gasket back on but it took forever and was so frustrating. I now have the new gasket ready to install and I feel much more confident about starting that project!
