Broken Washer Knob

Washer Repair
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I have a 15 year old GE washer that’s been in storage for a while, trying to either get it working to sell or just scrap it. When moving the cycle selector/timer knob broke off taking the D shaft with it. Looking at the parts diagram it looks like the shafts the knobs attach to are part of the control board, a $140 part. Can’t really justify spending that much on an old dryer that’s already pretty beat up so before I scrap it, two questions…

  1. Am I right that I would need an entirely new control board assembly?

  2. Assuming that’s the case, any ‘creative’ solutions to attach a knob? The only thought I had was to find a scrap control board cheap and see if I can scavenge the knob post from it, but I have no clue where one would even find a broken part and even used working parts are probably going to cost more than it’s worth.

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A screwdriver maybe…or maybe go to radio shack and solder on a new switch if you can find one other then that you have to replace the board on this one. Try your local repair shop i know he have spare knobs sitting around