383EER4004A/383EER4001A Washer Spring Expansion Removal Tool for LG Samsung Whirlpool and Kenmore 4986ER0004F/B/G Washing Machine Inner Outer Door Boot Seal Spring Clamp Removal Tool

These special pliers were invaluable when I took off the rubber seal of my LG Washer! I never would've been able to put the seal back in together. This saved me a lot of frustration.

I had to replace the drain pump on my sister’s all-in-one LG front load washer dryer. This repair involved removing the front panel of the appliance, which wasn’t hard using the tools on hand. When I tried reinstalling the retainer ring for the door gasket I could not expand the spring enough to seat the ring over the gasket flange. (I have arthritis.) I ordered this plier and it was a big help installing the retainer ring quickly. The plier looks and feels to be well made and has a notch in each tip to keep the tool from slipping off the spring eyelets. The con: it was hard to release the notches because they fit snuggly in the spring eyelets. I used a flat blade screwdriver to hold a spring eyelet in place while removing one side of the tool. Then the other side came right out. This tool will be a big help for future repairs and I can actually think of a few other uses for it. I do recommend this tool if you’re a DIYer looking to save on the cost of appliance repairs.

There was NO way I was getting the spring back on without this tool after having to change out a pump. It took maybe 10 minutes tops to figure out and get the spring back on. It’s necessary and cheap.

Works well enough but could be better if a bit longer and spread out a bit further. Our LG door gasket needed replaced and these are WAY cheaper than the LG branded ones sold at the appliance center.

This special pair of pliers worked perfectly, saved time, and eliminated a lot of possible frustration removing the clamp wire that holds the washing machine front rubber gasket in place. The wire seal has a small coiled spring about 3 inches long at the bottom. The pliers have two round tangs that fit into the holes at each end of the spring. When squeezing the handle of the pliers, that stretches the spring, making the wire seal slack and easy to remove. Same thing when reinstalling the wire seal.

I was unable to use it. It was too small to expand the spring i had. So it was totally useless. But by the time i did the project it was too late to return it. Buyer beware.

Used these on my LG WH3500. If you got your seal here you already saved a ton of money, spend a tiny bit on these and save yourself a ton of time and hassle! This is the tool that made the job super easy. This is probably the only time I will perform this operation, but for 10.00 they were worth every penny in the work they saved me vs trying to do it without them. They are high quality steel with comfortable grips. Very ergonomic, and they have convenient grooves to hold the spring rings cut in the tips. Highly recommend!

This tool works well on the outer boot spring clamp of the LG front loading washer but unfortunately it does not work well on the inner boot spring clamp. I don't know why LG made the two boot spring clamps differently. The outer spring clamp has an extension spring fit into the wire clamp that has loops at the end that actually fit the tips of the clamp expansion tool very well. The inner boot clamp is a completely different story, the clamp had a loop and hook on one end of the spring clamp and just a loop on the other end of the spring. The two opposing clamp loops on the inner spring boot clamp are too far from one another to use the tool to expand the clamp spring using the clamp loops and the tool's tips are too big to fit into the loops of the spring (not the loops of the wire clamp, the loops of the spring) and allow the wire clamp hook and loop ends to fit in at the same. I watched a video and the repair technician uses the LG spring compression tool with tips that are much thinner and offset at 90 degrees. The LG tool compresses the the clamp on one end of the inner boot clamp expanding the spring to one side instead of trying to stretch the spring at both ends where this tool doesn't have the reach or fit, like it does with the front outer boot clamp. In order to make this spring expansion tool work on the I had to modify the spring on the inner boot clamp and open the spring ends from closed loops to open hooks which weakens the clamp slightly. Both tools are needed because I don't see how the LG tool would work on the front outer boot spring clamp. It was really stupid for LG to make the inner and outer boot sprig clamps different from one another. Unfortunately I did not compare the diameter of both the inner and outer boot spring clamps to see if the inner clamp could be substituted with buying and using an extra outer boot spring clamp which costs only about $10 instead of buying the LG tool which costs almost $60.

JUSTO LA HERRAMIENTA QUE NECESITABA, ME AHORRO MUCHISIMO TIEMPO EN LA REPARACION, BUENA CALIDAD DEL MATERIAL, RECOMIENDO SU COMPRA

Hat einwandfrei funktioniert. Wir haben damit den Spanndraht mit der Feder für die Türdichtung bei unsere Waschmaschine wieder spannen können. Die Zange ist stabil verarbeitet.

se si vuole montare una guarnizione alla lavatrice questo è la pinza che devi avere, buon brodotto consigliato

Worked very well for washer seal replacement. Essential tool

Compre esta herramienta para poner desensamblar una lavadora LG, para reemplazar los amortiguadores. Esta herramienta se usa para quitar el aro/resorte que sujeta el sello de goma entre la puerta de cristal y el tambor de lavado para evitar derrames de agua. El tamaño es excelente y tiene unas muescas especiales en las puntas para que se sujete a los arillos metálicos del resorte del sello. El quitarlo y ponerlo fue sumamente fácil. Comparado con otras veces que lo hice en forma manual, la verdad me ahorre tiempo y esfuerzo. Yo no me dedico a reparar lavadoras, pero lo hice con la mía propia por hobby. Ahora me quede con una herramienta de excelente calidad y durabilidad para próximas reparaciones.