How to Get the Plastic Top Snug Around a Washing Machine Tub

A tub fitting is the plastic or rubber part that goes over the top of your washing machine’s tub and keeps it from leaking water all over your floor from the top of the tub. If the fitting is loose, you need to fix it so it's snug over the washer’s tub. The tub fitting can come loose after doing repairs to your washing machine and not installing the fitting properly. Once the washing machine fitting is tightened, you can do laundry without fear of a watery mess.

Putty knife

Instructions

- 1
  Slip the putty knife between the washer’s bottom and the lid. Push the knife against the catch in the corner of the washing machine and lift the lid.
- 2
  Remove the tub ring clips, and pull them out of the tub fitting. To remove a ring clip, place your index finger and thumb on either side of the ring and squeeze it together. Lift the ring clip as you squeeze to pull it out of the tub fitting.
- 3
  Lift the tub fitting up, and check underneath it for any obstructions. Clear any obstructions in the way. Fit the tub fitting back onto the washer’s tub.
- 4
  Slip the tub rings into the holes at the top of the tub fitting to hold it to the washer’s tub snuggly. Close the washer’s lid.

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