SupcoTB123A Spanner Wrench

I never even knew what the heck this was, or heard of it, until I got so far with trying to figure out why in the world my washing machine wasn't spinning properly, even though it agitated and filled and switched cycles. I thought I may have had to replace the drive block in which case, I needed to remove the agitator completely and then tada the spanner nut. Please pick this up, don't try and use channel locks or something, your going to end up chipping your porcelain drum, and then hello rust city, thus ruining your washing machine entirely. This is exactly what it looks like solid steel, and it even comes with an adapter piece for smaller nuts. I just dropped it on the nut in the center of the washer, make sure you have a Rubber Mallet on hand, some people use a regular hammer, you can, but you have to be extremely cautious you don't slip and again chip your drum, so for me, better safe then sorry, I used a rubber mallet, and it worked just fine. Hold on to the wrench so that your applying pressure not only to the opposite handle your hitting, but so that the pressure exerts into the center so it doesn't slip, if you don't do this, it will slip. Just give it a few good whacks to break it free and then you can just spin the wrench once you've loosened it up. It works great. Btw, if you find yourself in my shoes with a washing machine that won't spin, is making a odd noise when turned on, but does all of the other operations it should, I'm sorry to say, it's not the drive block, but the transmission. I actually had a friend that repairs them for a living come and verify that it was my transmission. That being said, if you hop on your local for sale ad's check for a washer made by the same company yours is. I own a whirlpool and got really lucky, found an estate washer for sale for $25, both made by whirlpool, and was able to not only replace my transmission and have a great running washer, but I was also to take tons of other parts for possible future repairs, especially the motor, so if you do that, take everything from the underside of your washer, even the hot water/cold water black switches up top, cause I actually had that go to on mine. You can easily Google search to find what other sub brands your company makes so you know your getting the right parts. I've fixed my washer quite a few times for various things from the clutch, to agitator dogs, the switch, to the transmission. If you need help write a comment and I'd be happy to help you, walk you thru the steps. And a very simple fix/diagnosis, if your washer turns on, fills up but then won't switch into the next cycle or switch into any cycles, don't do what the people who sold me that awesome washer for $25 did and sell it for $25, your washing machine is 100% working great, you have no major problem at all, it's 99.9% probably the lid switch, the switch that click when you close your lid, so when you lift the lid it stops, and it takes no more than 15 minutes to fix, and even less time if you do what I did and just remove the stupid thing, so now my washer doesn't stop when I lift the lid, and that problem will never be a problem for me again. So I literally got a washer that was fully functional, all the parts worked perfect, it was just that stupid wire switch that was the problem, and there washer was in brand new condition! Hope I was able to help you with how to use this, and maybe some insight on any issues you may be having. I do reviews for Amazon so I am on here checking comments daily, and I also have my email address on my profile if you need immediate help and I haven't checked comments yet that day, please feel free to email me!

I bought this wrench to help with the replacement of the mode shifter assembly on my 7-year-old GE profile washing machine. The wrench allows you to remove the hub nut that attaches the washer's inner tub to the mode shifter assembly.The wrench itself is very simple. It is made of two pieces of steel that fit together as a stack. The handle portion of the tool interlocks with the nut driving plate. Both pieces are much thicker and stronger than the pictures seem to indicate. I was surprised at how much steel you are getting when you order this tool.The circular nut driving plate is actually cut slightly bigger than the hub nut on my washer. My sense is that this allows you to grab onto highly corroded nuts that are no longer in good shape. To make the wrench easier to use I taped the two pieces of the wrench together with blue painter's tape. This took up most of the slack around the nut, and allowed me to use the wrench as a single unit.There are several YouTube videos that clearly demonstrate how to disassemble GE washing machines. One thing I learned from the videos, and other online postings is to use penetrating oil on the hub nut threads before attempting to remove the nut. The other thing I learned from the videos is to not be shy about whacking the spanner wrench with a hammer to remove the nut. I did both of these things and had my hub nut off in about 1 minute. This tool is perfect for the job.The TB123A wrench so cleanly removed the hub nut, it allowed me to re-use the original nut and save $8 on a replacement. This was totally worth the cost of the wrench.I was skeptical that I could buy appliance parts on Amazon, but this turned out to be a great experience. I got everything I needed to fix my washer, and saved at least $300 on my repair. Thank you Amazon.

Heavy duty wrench will not bend no matter hard you beat it. Well worth the price. Used on GE washer. Opening was slightly larger than hex nut. I liked the review using 2 cents to fill the gap except copper pennys were too soft. I used 2 nickles at a time which also smashed. The nut came off after pounding the wrench with a sledge hammer well over 150 times. The challenge was keeping the 2 parts of the wrench together. When all else failed I used double stick tape between the 2 parts which held firmly. All the parts were geuine GE, all from Amazon for ~$50. This stopped the leak and the washer runs quieter. This saved me from buying a new washer.

The key itself is pretty good, it did not fit exactly into the large nut of my laundry machine, it was quite wider, but with some skill and style, I managed to make it work.That's the only negative thing, and why I almost did not gave the 6 stars: The publication has a general indication of size, but one has to realize how much is the wrench size (or the nut size it is intended for) based on the images...In the other hand, if I had known how big it was, I might not have bought it, but in hindsight, I'm glad I did.As of the shipping, it was incredibly fast considering distance. It took only 6 days (5 and a half, actually) to be at my door. Great!!Regards!

My GE washer, that I bought in 1999, tub seal was leaking. I watched the video on youtube and deciced to give it a try. My washer would aggitate OK on the permenent press setting but on the normal wash setting it would seem to run at half speed or like it was bogged down. I watched the tub leak and noticed it happened when the electric engine was getting wet from the leaking tub. I bought the spanner wrench so I would not strip the nut and the nut came off ok, but has corrosion that had eating into the sides, but the nut was strong enough to reinstall. Also, there was rust corrosion on the transmission shaft. I used a rotory tool with a grinding stone to remove the rust corrosion then 240 grit wet dry sandpaper and scotch-brite to smooth the ruff edges, as to not tear up the new seal. No leaking so far and the engine runs right. Hopefully it will last a while .

I tried everything (hammer on screw driver, hammer on monkey wrench , etc.) to remove the agitator from our Kenmore washer. Nothing worked until I tried the Supco TB123A spanner wrench. I dropped it in place, gave a couple of firm taps with my hammer and off came the much-tightened nut. Definitely a single purpose tool for us so far, but worth the money. The picture on the web site doesn't clearly show the four lugs that fit over the nut. They are there, however, and fit perfectly.

Es tal cual la fotografía, es justo lo que necesitaba para poder quitar el sello y vástago de mi lavadora Maytag, sé que también es igual la tuerca a la de las Whirlpool pero no estoy seguro, así mismo trae otro que se le acopla y sirve para otras lavadoras de distinta marca, considere repararla yo, ya que el costo de la reparación se me hizo excesivamente alto, sin embargo vi un tutorial en YouTube y voala, tan sencillo como tener la llave que era lo más complicado, la llave costo menos de 300, y el sello y vástago aquí también lo compre por menos de 1000, y ahora funciona muy bien, el técnico me cobraba alrededor de 2000, consideraré reparar más cosas jajaja

Worked great with my Kenmore series 300 washer machine.

Excelente le quedó perfecto y la rapidez de entrega muchas gracias

Worled well with no issues