Whirlpool Cabrio General questions about rotor and stators

Hi All - Appreciate the help with improving my mechanical skills! First some background info, In the beginning, I gathered up at least 2 spare Cabrio WTW6600SW1 washers as they were unfixable for many, and they were selling them for either nothing or like $50. I stripped one and kept one in tack. My spare is like brand new but has the F51 error. My own Cabrio that I purchased new continues to run, although I have replaced bearings a few times, control boards, the lid! No major error codes to speak of...Anyway, my most recent problem was bearings. I have changed them few times; the last time was in 2014, so I think I am getting better at this job lol. Unfortunately, my individual parts are not holding up well. My stator has 3-4 stress cracks, which run almost to the exterior. I did not have a replacement without cracks available so I just reused the stator. This has not stopped the washer from working with no errors but my guess is that this will eventually fail? IÂ’m guessing that anyone that has taken these apart have some experiences with cracked stators and what I can expect. In addition, my next issue was the rotorÂ…When taking everything apart, the rotor would not come off the shaft. When I loosened the bolt with an allen key, it came all the way out of the rotor and the rotor never moved. I pulled and pulledÂ… I tried prying around the circumference gently and also tried other methods but could not get it off. I had a spare so I decided to cut around the shaft and broke the rotor away from the shaft to remove. This was not fun! I was looking for advice as to how to avoid this in the future? Can I lubricate the splines to make it easier to remove in the future? Perhaps if I improperly installed it in the first place, that was why it would not come off. I have not replaced the shaft, just the bearings and the lip seal. Has anyone experienced rotors that would not come off or is this a problem that I created? Do you think that a leaking seal would cause the rotor to stick to the shaft? Thanks in advance for any tips regarding this repair as I want to keep this washer as long as possible but I am running out of parts!

via Whirlpool Cabrio General questions about rotor and stators
by hocky88