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  • Shaft Position Sensor: Trimpot Wrench

    With the shaft position sensor mounted in this position:

    Kenmore 158 Shaft position sensor - overview
    Kenmore 158 Shaft position sensor – overview

    There’s no way to get a screwdriver into the trimpot that adjusts the sensor’s trip point.

    A few minutes with tin snips, nibbling tool, and square file produced a small wrench:

    Trimpot Wrench
    Trimpot Wrench

    One side of the wrench has a 45° bend that made tweaking the pot just slightly easier.

    The proper trip point turned out to be about 90° away from where the trimpot started, with the level midway between the detection points for shiny metal tape and the cutout side of the counterweight.