How to remove the cover from an LG washing machine

Have you decided to do your own washing machine repair? Then you should know the basic subtleties of disassembling it. Otherwise, you simply will not be able to get to the necessary parts, let alone replace them yourself. First, figure out how to remove the top cover of the washing machine, and we will be happy to help you with this.

Step-by-step instruction

First of all, it is necessary to prepare the LG washing machine for dismantling the top cover. To do this, you need to disconnect the “home assistant” from the power supply, turn off the water supply, and disconnect the drain and inlet hoses. Next, you need to move the machine to the middle of the room to make it easier to work with. Now you can remove the top cover.

The LG machine is very heavy, so you need to get someone's help.

1. Walk around the LG washing machine.
2. At the back, right under the protrusion of the top cover, not far from the upper right and left corners of the machine body, there are 2 screws. They need to be unscrewed as they hold the lid in place.
3. After removing the screws, grab the cover with both hands.
4. With considerable effort, pull the lid towards you until it moves a couple of centimeters.
5. Next, simply lift the lid up and move it to the side.

That's all, the cover is dismantled. In this way you can remove the lid on all modern LG washing machines. If the machine lid does not lift or move to the side, it means it is jammed. Don't try to pry it with a screwdriver, rather move it back and forth. You can also gently tap it with a mallet and then try to remove it again. Be patient and everything will work out.

Why is this necessary?

We told you how to remove the cover from an LG washing machine, but what exactly is this for? What parts can a novice master get to if the upper part of the machine body is dismantled?

First of all, you can get to the fill valve of the LG washing machine. If there are problems with the water supply, underfilling or overfilling occurs, first of all you should check the fill valve, and it is located on top in the corner of the housing near the back wall. A novice master can ring the fill valve coil, check the wiring, pipes and even the mechanism. You can also completely replace the faulty part, and all this can be done only by removing the cover, without further disassembling the SM.

Is the powder difficult to wash off? This means you need to check the water supply to the powder receptacle of the LG washing machine, and to do this, you again need to open the top cover. Through the upper part of the housing we get full access to the required pipe, we can remove it and clean it, and also replace it if necessary.

Immediately under the top cover of the machine you can find and pressure switch. This element should be checked if the machine drains water at the wrong time or refuses to drain it, giving an OE error. Replacing a non-working water level sensor is as easy as shelling pears if you get to it from above: unscrew the mount, remove the power wires, and behold, you have a broken pressure switch in your hands.

By removing the cover of the LG washer, you can also get to the top counterweight. Of course, counterweights break very rarely, but sometimes this happens and, again, you cannot do without dismantling the top cover. You can even remove the tank along with the drum through the upper part of the housing.True, in order to carry out such an operation, you will still have to remove the panel, the front wall and unscrew the technological hatch in the rear of the machine, but the disassembly process, undoubtedly, begins with the cover.

By removing the cover of the LG CM you can even get to the surge protector if problems suddenly arise with the power supply of the machine.

So, removing the cover from the LG washing machine is a basic principle, without knowledge of which it is impossible to carry out independent repairs. Once you take this “first step,” you will subsequently learn everything else. There would be a desire!

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