Load Size Selector Broken
sooo.... the turning dial on my washer cracked one day, and ended up basically breaking up bad enough so the whole entire knob / dial piece has came off.... leaving the metal rod exposed.....The rod will not budge or turn no matter what i use for leverage. So my question is , without new parts, is there anyway I can continue to use the machine (i.e. select a load size) without a replacement knob.
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Broken load size selector knob with seized control
- The problem
- The washing machine’s load size selector knob cracked and fell off, leaving the metal shaft exposed. The original poster reported that the shaft would not turn or budge, even when trying to gain leverage.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply says the knob likely broke because the selector control itself had seized or jammed. This suggests the fault is not just the missing knob, but the underlying control behind it.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was that if the control has seized or jammed, the selector control would also need replacing. Although another reply suggested trying pliers, no successful method of operating the selector without replacement parts was confirmed.
- Checks to try
- Exposed metal selector shaft would not turn or budge
- Knob/dial had cracked and broken off completely
- Parts or tools mentioned
- Pliers
Safety: Further diagnosis should be carried out by a suitably qualified appliance engineer.
5 Answers
It sounds like the dial broke because the control has seized up or somehow jammed, if so that would need replacing too.
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soo... there isnt a way to use the broken selector at all, like wit pliers or anything?
Chances are it would break inside but if it's seized up there's not much to lose.
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ok......lol uhhhm...can you maybe just lemme know what i should use, or a method to try and turn it, thats all ive been looking for ..
Can't thing of anything better than Pliers.
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