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Thread Number: 11773
Kenmore introduces the up-and-down agitator! |
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| Post# 209715 5/12/2007 at 14:46 (6,192 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
The new Kenmore Total Care Flex Agitator claims that along with the top rotation and back-and-forth movement, that it also adds up-and-down motion that improves rollover. Does anyone know if the new Total Care Flex Agitator found in the new D.C. motor Kenmore washers will fit in a Direct Drive Kenmore Washer? The picture is of the Total Care Agitator, and the Flex has thinner grey fins at the bottom, spines like stairs that go down the spiral and many holes in the base (I don’t have a picture). I’m wondering if I buy a Total Care Flex Agitator if it will mount the same way and fit in my DD. Jeff 
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Post# 209717 , Reply# 1 5/12/2007 at 15:11 (6,192 days old) by dadoes  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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I'd have to see this in action to believe it has much effect. In examining the DD version in a store, the auger is spring-loaded to assist in pulling the clothes down, but it took more pressure than I expected to tug upward on it. Methinks a BobLoad®++ would be needed to get the action going. I doubt an Oasis-style agitator would fit a DD machine (think classic Maytag), unless the DDs have gone to an extremely short centerpost and drive shaft. But there is a DD version that likely would work. | ||
| Post# 209721 , Reply# 2 5/12/2007 at 16:02 (6,192 days old) by queeny77 (BERWYN, ILLINOIS) | ||
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Post# 209768 , Reply# 4 5/12/2007 at 23:39 (6,192 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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| Post# 209777 , Reply# 5 5/13/2007 at 00:34 (6,192 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
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Thank for your thought, they are appreciated! There is a picture of the agitator on pages 4-1, 4-6, and 4-11. To get to the PDF: 1. Click the link. 2. Click “Laundry Products” on the arrow (The 6th one from the top). 3. Click “Cabrio Washer” (08/01/2006 Laundry Product L-81) 4. Click the red PDF 8178583.pdf and click “open.” I was surprised to find that even the new agitator model Kenmore and Whirlpool washers have a D.C. motor and a recirculation pump. As the tub fills w/ water, the tub begins to float and rise. The splined hub components separate and allow the basket to move independently from the drive shaft. When the tub drains, the basket drops back, and the tub components re-engage, connecting the basket to the shaft, and permitting the basket to spin (page 3-1). Jeff CLICK HERE TO GO TO washoholic's LINK | ||
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Post# 209780 , Reply# 6 5/13/2007 at 00:50 (6,192 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 210450 , Reply# 7 5/16/2007 at 22:28 (6,188 days old) by washoholic (San Antonio, TX) | ||
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