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Post# 212060   5/24/2007 at 20:07 (6,153 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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remember the westy that i finally got up and runnin after almost 5 years.. well finally got her a changer and was all done and happy.. was runnin just fine.. well i wanted to move it in from the garage into the house so got the machine on a dolly and come into the house and had only one step to go over.. well dumb me i didnt even think that such a little bit would damage anything....wrong... she fell off her side spring and tore the boot so it was time to replace the boot.. and you know what that means if you have to retrofit a boot.. the whole thing has to come apart.. yep and in the living room no less




Post# 212061 , Reply# 1   5/24/2007 at 20:09 (6,153 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        
what a mess

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ha ha parts all over the place

Post# 212062 , Reply# 2   5/24/2007 at 20:11 (6,153 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        
all done

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well all done the new boot is just fine.. greg taught me how to retrofit a boot.. not easy and not fun but it works just fine..and no leaks yeah.. now you have to admit i have lost it to have done this in the house ha ha

Post# 212065 , Reply# 3   5/24/2007 at 20:17 (6,153 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Tragic, but worth the effort!

The bright side is that it hasn't been that long since you had the machine all apart so you didn't have to fight it to disassemble it.

That's what we tell ourselves when we've done something wrong, didn't do all the job or like this, a tragedy befalls our babies.

Good work, Chris - have you moved plumbing and drain lines into the living room yet? ;-)


Post# 212066 , Reply# 4   5/24/2007 at 20:19 (6,153 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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knew you would get a kick out of that ha ha. and its all your fault for having taught me how to do this.. no no plumbing but i do wheel her over to the kit sink for a quick fix ha ha

Post# 212069 , Reply# 5   5/24/2007 at 20:55 (6,153 days old) by drmitch ()        

Nice job Chris, but how did the beautiful carpet fare? :)

Post# 212072 , Reply# 6   5/24/2007 at 21:04 (6,153 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Wow Chris - you have skills! Sometimes when something bad happens, a total rebuild makes things better - looks like the case. So with the retro-fit boot - something that is still available? Thanks for posting!

Ben


Post# 212098 , Reply# 7   5/24/2007 at 23:11 (6,153 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

Hi Chris. I had the boot changed on my '51 Westy and after two years, it cracked. The machine is back at the shop with
Dr. Manny who said he wants to replace the boot again.
It will be in the shop for a long time as I know it was a big job when he replaced the boot the first time.
Also the timer was rebuilt again but it has to go back to Reeco as it was not working right.


Ross


Post# 212118 , Reply# 8   5/25/2007 at 04:07 (6,152 days old) by sudsman ()        
Boot

What boot do you use for the retrofit?

Post# 212124 , Reply# 9   5/25/2007 at 05:59 (6,152 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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ha ha well the carpet and the liv room did just fine..not one single stain or anything.. the boot you can still get its from or it fits a frigidaire front loader and you have to get the metal boot clamp as well. cant tell you wnat frigidaire model but they sell them online at repair clinic. i know them when i see them..i sure hope this one lasts a long time..and did the first load and no leaks. funny the load was quiet off balanced so it gave the machine a good shaking and nothing fell off so thats a good sign..

Post# 212126 , Reply# 10   5/25/2007 at 06:25 (6,152 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

I'm glad you got her up and running no matter how big a hassle it was. You have wanted to use that toy for so long now. I would have loved to be the "fly on the wall" to hear your mother's comments! Do you plan on working on the Rollermatic in the living room as well?

Post# 212130 , Reply# 11   5/25/2007 at 06:38 (6,152 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)        
boots

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When I began in the second hand appliance shop, I got a lot of the "nasty" jobs which had to be done just right but the teen-age trainees didn't want to do; no glory or muscle involved, just sweat and accuracy.
One of those was replacing the rubber boots in Front-Loaders and H-Axis Top Loaders.
You have my very great respect for learning how to do this...it is neither easy nor fun.
One thing I noticed was that some boots last for decades, others wear out in less than a year. Part of how well they last is how well they are installed; other aspects include whether they are allowed to dry thoroughly after washing (this one is a never ending story in our forum, no? Sort of like the toilet seat up or down battle).
One thing I can tell you - if just a little step ripped it, it was fixin' to go.
There are lots of interchangeable parts out there, maybe we should start a database on what we've tried out in who, er, which...


Post# 212147 , Reply# 12   5/25/2007 at 07:47 (6,152 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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Lawd Lawd, great job however. Like Gyrafoam, I would have loved to been a fly on the wall. LOL.

Steve


Post# 212152 , Reply# 13   5/25/2007 at 08:18 (6,152 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I love using the living room for a workshop! Neal would just kill me LOL.

Great Job Chris, oh what we do for our babies!


Post# 212154 , Reply# 14   5/25/2007 at 08:20 (6,152 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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actually.. mom even helped me a bit.. sometimes you need a second pair of hands ya know.. i think she likes this one

Post# 212194 , Reply# 15   5/25/2007 at 11:32 (6,152 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

WOW. Looks like lace curtains for days, with swags no less.

Post# 212201 , Reply# 16   5/25/2007 at 12:02 (6,152 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
You sure are keeping

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that WHITE Carpet CLEAN!!

wow and thats an OIL filled tranny you are working with to boot!



Post# 212203 , Reply# 17   5/25/2007 at 12:19 (6,152 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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yea i know what the hell was i thinking??? i remember when i first got my unimatic it was in the kitchen on wheels and runnin till the bellows tore and flooded the trans and oil barfed all over the floor that was a mess..

Post# 212231 , Reply# 18   5/25/2007 at 15:47 (6,152 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

She'll like it 'till the first time it ties a load of wash into one long rope!
Then------I want to be the fly on the wall!


Post# 212260 , Reply# 19   5/25/2007 at 20:24 (6,152 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
One long rope...

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Gyra - You just ain't right!

Post# 212268 , Reply# 20   5/25/2007 at 21:26 (6,152 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

at all.

Post# 212283 , Reply# 21   5/25/2007 at 22:13 (6,152 days old) by tlee618 ()        

Chris, as usual another job well done. I bet there were a few choice words flying around when it slipped off the dolly. I am so glad that the speed changer worked out for you on this neat machine.


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