Okay so i've been fighting this washer for a year now and it's been fighting me back. It runs great, very solid, but the agitator is killing me. It keeps slipping. I get a new one and within the next month it starts slipping again. There are no dogs, just 3 cylinders that work like dogs provide friction against the sides in one direction (see pictures). I've thought about just going and getting a brand new front loading washer and dryer, but i don't really have $1500 right now to spend on that. Every time it clicks it bugs the heck out of me. Is there something else wrong or as there a way to fix this without buying a new $50 dollar agitator every couple months? I've even considered buying an agitator dog set with the housing and finding a way to put it in the top piece. Any help VERY much appreciated. Click of photos for full size image.

Thank you for your reply. My thought is that maybe it is a bad design? the agitator shaft seems perfectly fine and solid. The shaft rotates fine, as does the base of the agitator itself. just the top, the part that is supposed to agitate, will just click and not move after it has worn out.

I took apart an old one that I have to give a better idea of what is on the inside.

Any experience with this type of agitator assembly?

I have the same problem with the same part. On my 3rd. Took the second one out and set it aside planning to take it apart at some point and see what was inside. The 3rd one started "clicking and slipping after only two washes, went out to garage and picked up the 2nd one that had failed previously and, in my hands, it worked fine!!!

Reinstalled it and it worked fine for two loads of laundry and then started to slip again!

So what can fail, and then when set aside for a few weeks, repair itself?

And then work for a period and fail again?

A thought!!!! There is a soap dispenser above the "dogs". They are protected by a cap with a rubber seal around it between them and the dispenser. Could it be that the dogs are slipping because they are getting wet and slippery because the seal is old? Then, when put in the garage, they dry out and work until they get wet again in the washer. I know its crazy, but I plan to buy a seal and see if it changes things.