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Post# 264681 , Reply# 1   2/12/2008 at 17:59 (5,889 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 264682 , Reply# 2   2/12/2008 at 18:01 (5,889 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 264694 , Reply# 3   2/12/2008 at 19:23 (5,889 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Both of them are helical-drive, actually ... which refers to the operation of the drive pulley on the drive shaft. It moves down a helical spline on the drive shaft when the motor runs clockwise to power the tranny, then climbs up the helical when the motor runs counterclockwise to release the brake for spin (the entire tranny spins).
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Post# 264703 , Reply# 5   2/12/2008 at 20:06 (5,889 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 264705 , Reply# 6   2/12/2008 at 20:24 (5,889 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 264706 , Reply# 7   2/12/2008 at 20:25 (5,889 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 264736 , Reply# 9   2/13/2008 at 01:00 (5,889 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Well, unfortunately management changed, Maytag got greedy, and churned out a bunch of garbage. They also went on a buying binge, purchasing major companies left and right, forcing them deep in debt. In a way they deserved their demise, but it's too bad that the reputation of many decades of great products had to suffer the consequences, as well as the American workforce. This will make parts a royal pain to find for the older machines in the near future. I've certainly done my part to stock up and will continue to do so far into the future. |
Post# 264750 , Reply# 10   2/13/2008 at 08:55 (5,888 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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What was so great about the Helical Drive and Dependable Care transmissions is they only operated during the agatation.During the spin,the entire trans would turn.However,the gears inside would stay still.The poer finn agitator would turn clothes over better and there were fewer air pockets in laundry like sheets and blankets.I realy think that other than the Frigidairs,the Maytag agitator washers(helical drive models)were too one of my favorires.They realy lasted a long time.
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Post# 264843 , Reply# 12   2/13/2008 at 21:23 (5,888 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 264847 , Reply# 13   2/13/2008 at 22:04 (5,888 days old) by brettsomers ()   |   | |
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i believe this video has a demo of the orbital tranny. toward the end of the video. CLICK HERE TO GO TO brettsomers's LINK |
Post# 265106 , Reply# 15   2/15/2008 at 11:38 (5,886 days old) by fltcoils (South Bend, Indiana)   |   | |
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The maytag engineers did a write up in the 80s on the new transmission, they'd run endurance life tests on it compared to the old design and gotten 3-5 times the life from the new design. I don't know how that compares to field use for the mechanism. |
Post# 265246 , Reply# 17   2/16/2008 at 12:59 (5,885 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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WOW!!! That's how it works!? That's freakin' awesome how simple that is. Whirlpool would be INSANE not to adopt that transmission. It's so freakin' simple. So few parts. I'm sure they'd modify it a bit, but keep that essential simply orbital design and i bet that would be the cheapest, most bullet proof transmission out there. Wow. I'm impressed. What a simple freakin' idea. As an engineer, i'm in awe and admiration. |