Review on Authentic GE WH2X1193 Hub Nut for Top-Load Washing Machines - Genuine OEM Quality by Dan Tsourvakas

This is the original General Electric tank nut for some of their top loading washers. Three things you MUST know: 1. To do this, you'll need a custom wrench - either the cheap one listed here or a much more expensive genuine GE part - and a decent hammer to swing it around. I would say 3 kilos. Engineer's hammer, 2 min. If you remove this nut during another repair, purchase a replacement. There's a good chance you'll break the original pan nut when removing it, and if it's a few years old you might even have to cut it off with a cold chisel. Tighten, tighten, tighten, tighten. Use the marks on the open spindle as a guide to make sure you still tighten it. Hit him until you can't even hit him anymore. Then rest. Then go back and hit him again as many times as you can stand. This is so important because you can only tighten this (soft) nut a limited and SMALL number of times before it breaks and you have to replace it.