Hi Tonya

Make sure you have the wire and spring that holds the gasket on. You should be able to use the old one from your machine.

This is a job which will require some patience and I suggest a helper. GE tenanciously guards their tech documents, but there is a GE service manual which has a good set of instructions and pictures, and here it is from another Forum (hopefully they won't mind).

http://appliancejunk.com/ge/washer/31-9135.pdf

Good luck