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    Nov 12, 2006, 04:46 PM
    Maytag Washer
    Model4512 maytag washer top load. How does the lid raise and how do you remove the agitator? Thanks
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    Nov 12, 2006, 06:09 PM
    I have a maytag performa.
    Its lid is held by two clips that you have to press on with a flat screw driver while pulling up on the lid.

    The agitatator has a bolt under the fabric softener despenser that you remove. The agitator lifts right out. Is yours not built like this?
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    Nov 13, 2006, 03:39 PM
    Are the clips under and behind the lid in front? Mine has no bolt under the frabric dispenser. Does it just pull up?
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    Nov 13, 2006, 06:37 PM
    On mine, the clips are on the front, you press on them with a flat screw driver while raising the lid. It opens like a car hood.

    The fabric softener cup just pops off. You will find a bolt way down by the cone, inside the agitator, remove that bolt and the agitator should slide right off, assuming most maytags are made the same.

    EDIT: Okay, I just re-read your question, aparently, you didn't find a bolt under your fabric softener cup. Unless its buried under some muck, something has to hold the agitator down. Let me check, its been a while since I pulled mine. BRB.
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    Nov 13, 2006, 08:00 PM
    Yup, on mine, the bolt is at the base of the worm part of the agitator.
    Now your washer may vary. But Im sure there has got to be a simple way to remove it.
    The clips are on the front of the machine. There is two of them.
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