I would like to take the gasket out of the washer but there is no spring attachment. It appears that the front panel of the washer will need to be removed. Can you please explain how to take the front panel off.
Actually the service manual will do a better job at explaining this than I can, so here is a link to it
http://www.emaservicetips.com/pdfs/778_5995456851_Affinity_washer.pdf