Product review (4 stars): These tools are good but be prepared for a difficult repair
So I bought this and the Inner Tub Spring Removal Tool to replace my LG's door boot gasket. I didn't buy the tools from Amazon since I found them half price in the Sears website. However, I did buy the boot gasket from Amazon. These tools are good but be prepared for a difficult repair. Talking the stuff out is fairly straight forward but putting it back together is not. Specifically putting the inner ring back in place and stretching the spring using this tool or the companion tool proved very difficult. There are two fundamental problems: (1) the loops at the end of the springs might not big enough to fix the tool and the ring's metal hook and (2) the tool might not stretch the spring enough to put the ring back in place easily. To put the inner ring back in place, I ended up attaching one medium zip tie at each of the ends of the spring so that I could use those loops to stretch the spring while the spring remains hooked on each the ring. I used the outer tub spring removal tub to install the inner ring. A zip tie came in handy to maintain the tool closed and the spring stretched making it easier to fix the ring. I don't know why LG uses springs and creates these fancy tools when they can have used some type of turnbuckle or a spring/turnbuckle combination. That would make the repairs easier.