Washer Door Boot Seal Problems? Try this cheap trick!
If you are struggling with installing a door boot seal or door boot gasket on your GE Washer, LG Washer, Samsung Washer, or any style of frontload washer, try this before buying an expensive tool.
In this video, I show you how to essentially build your own door boot spreader tool for about 10 cents. It worked incredibly well, and only took a few moments to build and use. Follow along start to finish, and you'll have your frontload washer door boot seal installed without time consuming problems!
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THIS..... IS THE BEAUTY OF THE INTERNET!!! God bless you sir. Worked like a charm! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is exactly what I needed. I didn't have time to wait, nor did I want to spend money on a tool I might never use again. Thank you!
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
It worked! My husband used this technique today and said it took 5 minutes. I heart KZread tutorials :)
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
Bless you sir. You have saved me 80 dollars and a weeks worth of suffering.
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.
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.
@dporrasxtremeLS3
Жыл бұрын
Ben, You DA MAN! Thanks for this! WOW!!! You're one of your Favorites I Watch on KZread! Subscribed! 2 thumbs UP! It's very rewarding to work on washers, dryers and refrigerators, and other appliances.
Unreal, can’t believe it’s this difficult to get this piece back in place. Thank you sir!
Fantastic hack, struggled for half an hour before seeing this and then it went straight on, thanks
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! 🙏🙏
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👍👍👍
@bensappliancesandjunk
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
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
@zbird132
Жыл бұрын
You saved my day! I failed at the zip tied, bought bar clamp, 2 minute fix!!
@DaveEtchells
4 ай бұрын
Hah! Another brilliant idea’
@charitykillens
4 ай бұрын
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!
Thank you, I got it done in 10 minutes after 1 hour of why and how and curses. Really appreciate the time you spent making this video. :)
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.
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.
After an hour and a half of me and my wife trying. Found this video had it done in two minutes. Thank you
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.
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
Damn dude, that's pure genius!!!
You deserve a freaking lobster dinner dude. Worked 100% first try. Legend.
You sir are awesome! I fought and fought to get that dang spring back on without a spring tool. Then I found your video and it worked first try. 👍🏻
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.
Thank you! I've spent an hour trying with my bare hands to no avail. And then watched this and success after 5 minutes. You are a life saver!
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.
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.
Genius! You saved from hours a of headache trying to get that that back on! It took less than 5 minutes and I just finished.👍
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.
Ok… seriously this is one of the best ever KZread 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…!!
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.
OMG...thank you thank you...this was the most amazing hack I have seen. It worked and you saved me money, aggravation and time. Thank you again......
@bensappliancesandjunk
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
I love this solution. What should have been an easy end to my repair job was getting very frustrating. You gave me hope again so now it’s fixed.
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.
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 KZread, found this video, and now the washer is all good again! Thanks again!
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!
Thank you very much, I have been struggling with this all day trying to figure out how to get it back on. 😅😅😅
This is the best hack! I fought with the metal ring all afternoon and almost gave up hope until I found this video. Thank you!!!!!
Your gadget worked 100%. I put my ring on in seconds, once everything was assembled. Thank you.
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.
Thanks for the help again. Watched the first video to check the pump. This hack for the door boot gasket was genius!
Great tip. I didn't have strong-enough ties so I used rope instead, and with a wide-enough double-headed wrench it worked. Thanks for the help.
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!
Just tried your tip for putting on the outter spring/wire hoop. Wow, thank you. Worked great.
This process took me all of 5 minutes. You, sir, are a genius!
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!
I was at my wits end when I found this video. It works! I was done within :10 after watching this. 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!
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
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.
I do not have words to express my appreciation towards you 🙌🏻
12:30 on a Sunday night and we just put our washer back together thank you so much for your channel
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! You saved me a trip to Home Depot for a tool and $80!!!! Freaking Genius!!!
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!
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.
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 this!!! This was so helpful. I don't think I'd have been able to get the spring back on without this video.
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
Love your idea for a wrench to put the door seal back on LG washing machine 👍👏🏼
@bensappliancesandjunk
5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
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!!!
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!!
This is the best video hack ever. I was able to get the wire back on with no trouble at all. Kuddos to you!!!
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
You're top, number 1, you should be an engineer, but if you're not, you should be!
I just put back the door boot seal after watching your video. Thank you for the tutorial
Very clever! As I get older my wrists get weaker! This solves my problem. Thanks so much!
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.
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!
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.
Bless your gorgeous heart that spring had been kicking my can for a day after replacing the pump on my LG front loader.
This worked for me. You saved me $120, thank you so much, appreciate it.
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 so much for taking the time to put this vid up. Doing the Lord’s work my man!!
This WORKS!! I spent an hour trying to get the exterior spring on to no avail. I tried this and it went on the first time.
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
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.
@bensappliancesandjunk
11 ай бұрын
Oh nice! Any idea which video it was that referenced it?
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!
Your video saved me from a lot of frustration and sweat-equity. Thank you!
Wow! That's very good idea. I should had view this video before I ordered the special spring-opening tool.
Wow, we tried getting this spring on for over an hour till we found your video. Genius! Thank you for your tip!!
@bensappliancesandjunk
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely had that problem!
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
Huge help after many s- hook-vicegrip attempts. This worked really well. Thanks
Bless you, your children and theirs as well
Add me to the list of success stories. I was surprised how easily it worked!!
Thanks man! Was struggling today and saw your video, worked like a charm 😃😃
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!
Best hack ever!!!! Worked the first time
Thank you!! You saved me a ton of grief with this technique.
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.
@bensappliancesandjunk
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! It's saved me a time or too as well
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 so much! This was a great hack. I had no other option unless I wanted to wait 4-5 days for shipment of other tool/part. Saved my weekend!!
You sir are a goddamn genious. Lg washer in my case, the spring could hold the weight of the universe. Your method worked like a charm!
Thanks for this genius time (and money) saver.
Worked like a charm!
My guy! You saved me!! Liked and subscribed.
This worked perfectly . It took less than 10 mins to set up and install Thank you !
This worked awesome. Had it done in maybe 5 minutes.
This guy is a genius! Three thumbs up, Ben!
Thanks for that great tip, spent ages trying to do it, was just about to buy tool but tried this and worked great 👍
You’re a life saver, thank you so much for this video!