How to replace the lid switch in a direct-drive top-load washer

Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.

Wear work gloves to protect your hands.

Pull the plastic end caps off the sides of the control console.

Remove the screws at the base of the control console.

Pull the control console slightly forward and then swing it up and over the top of the back panel.

Unplug the wire harness from the lid switch on the washer’s top panel.

Release the clips that secure the cabinet to the washer’s back panel. Using a slot screwdriver, pry the clips forward to release them from the slots in the top panel.

Lift the back of the cabinet and slide the cabinet forward to remove it from the washer frame.

Press in on the lid switch wire harness plug locking tabs to release them and then pull the plug out of the top cabinet panel.

Release the green ground wire by removing the screw that secures it to the cabinet.

Remove the lid switch mounting screws.

Release the lid switch wire harness from the clips and pull the lid switch out of the cabinet.

Position the new lid switch in the cabinet and reinstall the mounting screws.

Insert the lid switch wire harness into the harness clips and snap the wire harness plug into the cabinet top panel.

Reconnect the green ground wire using the mounting screw.

Position the cabinet in front of the washer.

Tilt the back of the cabinet up slightly and keep the front lip of the cabinet on the floor. To position the front lip under the washer frame, push the base of the cabinet forward with your foot to slide the front lip of the cabinet under the front base of the washer. Then lower the back of the cabinet so the alignment tabs at the back sides of washer base fit into the holes on the back sides of the cabinet.

Reinstall the spring clips at the top of the cabinet.

Plug the lid switch wire harness back into the receptacle on the top panel of the washer.

Flip the control console down and position it properly on the top panel of the washer.

Reinstall the mounting screws at the base of the control console.

Snap the plastic end caps onto the sides of the control console.

Plug the washer into the electrical outlet.