Product review (3 stars): Not what i expected-but does the job
Bought this switch to replace an old Kenmore washer push to start switch which was becoming loose & unstable. Although I used the replacement part number from the Sears parts store, (who wanted to charge me $45.00), I found the same part number listed on Amazon through DeepDiscountsco for only $3.50. The picture looked about the same so for $3.50 I thought I would take a chance with it. It arrived in a timely manner but when I opened it up the configuration was not what I expected. Attached to the mounting bracket just in front of the activating switch was a thin metal strip which is pushed in from the front by a molded hard plastic knob that you must trim back from the front according to the amount of shaft that you need to extended through the back for your particular push on knob. There are cut indentations that make it easy to do this. This seems like a strange way to accomplish a simple task but so far it is doing it's job. The bracket screw holes lined up good. Pushing the outside knob on the plastic shaft once the switch is in place is hard for my opening on the knob was a little smaller than the shaft. It was better to pre-fit the knob on once you have cut it to the proper length that you need. But all in all it is working fine & for $3.50 I can't complain.