Product review (5 stars): just what i needed
I googled my washer's "symptoms" and found several youtube videos telling me these things were the cause. The people on the videos said to order the part from sears but someone in the comments suggested I look online, and sure enough I found them on amazon for a lot cheaper and free shipping too.  I joked to my friends that $3 might not work for me, maybe it would be more cost effective to buy a new machine! Make sure you have a long extension bar for your socket set though. The whole repair took less than 10 minutes and these look and work identical to the oem parts.