Kenmore Washer Parts Guides — Complete Parts Guide

Ten parts guides, and the door boot seal is the one worth knowing about: it is the flexible bellows between the door and the drum on a front-loader, the part that traps water and grows mould, and the part that leaks onto the floor when it tears. Around it are the door latch, the drain pump, the filter, the water inlet valve, the drive motor, the sensor, the switch, the thermostat and the control board.

Water on the floor is the complaint this hub sorts best, because the boot seal, the pump and the inlet valve all produce it and they are distinguishable by where and when. A tear in the boot shows at the front during a wash; a pump leak collects underneath; a valve leak appears while the machine fills, even with the drum still. Checking which of the three matches saves ordering the wrong one, and the filter is worth clearing before any of them.

The door latch is an interlock and is replaced rather than defeated: it is what stops a drum full of water from being opened. The motor and control board sit at mains potential inside the cabinet, which is the second stop. Boot seals, filters and pumps are within reach of a careful owner. EasyBear services Kenmore washers across Sacramento and the Bay Area.