How to Remove the Rear Panel in Your LG Front Load Washing Machine

Written By: Alex Diaz-Kokaisl

Comments: 2

How to Remove the Rear Panel in Your LG Front Load Washing Machine

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

5 - 10 minutes

Introduction

Use this guide to remove the rear panel in your LG front load washing machine.

Removing the rear panel gives you access to many internal components, such as the direct drive motor, dampers, and more.

This guide will work for most LG front load washing machines. This guide is written with a model WM3050CW washer. If you have a different model, you may encounter some minor disassembly differences, but the overall repair process will be the same.

Tools

Phillips #2 Screwdriver

Step 1

Before you begin your repair, perform the following:
Turn off the main water supply
Unplug your washer
Disconnect all water connections at the rear of your washer

Step 2

Remove the screw(s) securing the rear panel.

I undertook this repair with the wd14071sd6 model. Unlike this picture the entire back panel has to be removed to access the rotor. This is very very awkward, as multiple electrics are also connected to the panel via plastic clips.

Phill Birtles -

Thank you for the additional information. This is especially helpful when manufacturers market different models in different areas worldwide. You would hope that a sensible design for the access, like what is shown in the guide, would be universal, but that's not always the case.

Bill Gilbert -